The British Flag
“It flies for the government of the people, for the people, by the people, and for the greatest good of the greatest number. It flies for liberty for all who are able t 6 use it and will not abuse it, and for guiding all others along the road that leads to it. “It flies (whatever the difficulties of these days may be) for the Open Door, a fair field and equal rights for all nations. “It flies for the gospel that the labourer is worthy of his hire, and that men shall not be slaves. “It flies for humanity in all things, for Justice and Mercy, for the stop ping of cruelty, for kindness to ani mats, for the love of little children. “It flies for the honour of the spoken and written word through the world. “It flies for spreading as wide as can be the field of human happiness.” “It files for the toleration of every man’s opinion. “It flies for the unselfish pursuit of tlie good of all mankind. “It flies for the peace of all the world, which no nation ever longed for more. ... “it is not for nothing that the sun never sets on this banner of our ancient land. Out of the historic past it flies, the assurance to mankind that Freedom lives. In its sheltering folds lives one quarter of this troubled world, calm amid storms, free from all terrors, walking unafraid.” —From “Salute the King,” by Arthur Mee.
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Dominion, Volume 30, Issue 190, 8 May 1937, Page 1 (Supplement)
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250The British Flag Dominion, Volume 30, Issue 190, 8 May 1937, Page 1 (Supplement)
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