“DEEDS, NOT WORDS.”
Sir Charles Lucas chose a good text for the admirable lay sermon which he gave to the members of the New Zealand Club. The past of the Empire has been that it has been founded by adventurers; cxnloited by individuals; restored to partial equipoise by democratic legislation. Whether we shall be rightly governed—whether each individual shall be given a fair chance in the race for life; whether the process shall be one of levelling down or levelling up—is a matter for future determination by the communities concerned. Praise for virile individuality is good ; the appeal to each unit to be steadfast, of good courage, and mindful of the example of his forefathers, excellent; but the work of governments cannot be dismissed with a wave of the hand. To the constitutional governments of the future we must look for reform, the correction of abuses, the upbuilding of institutions, the enlightened progress of tho race.—Wellington “Times.,
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Gisborne Times, Volume XXVII, Issue 2577, 11 August 1909, Page 2
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157“DEEDS, NOT WORDS.” Gisborne Times, Volume XXVII, Issue 2577, 11 August 1909, Page 2
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