THE NEED TO WORK.
(To the Editor.) Sir,—ln your issue of the 2nd inst. you laud Mr. Xgata ifor his. tribute to the British treatment of the (Maori in New Zealand, but you surely do not hold with Mr. Xgata's remarks on the gospel of work. Mr. Xgata eaye he repudiates altogether the modern gospel of work, and that people will not work unlese compelled to. Now, sir, this attitude towards work is the danger of the present time; it is certainly the bane of the Maori, for he has in his possession some of the finest lande in New Zealand, which are crying out for his labour. Why should people object to work; it is the noblest ideal. To live in idleness, loafing around, is no- ideal, at all, and it is this loaning idea that is largely responsible for the troubles of the present times. Carlyle ha 9 placed on record that a man who has found his work has acted a noble ideal. There is nothing degrading in work; the degredation is alf in idleness, going slow, and shirking. I am, etc., WORKER.
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Auckland Star, Volume LI, Issue 196, 17 August 1920, Page 2
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