THE COMMON LAW.
The tree that never had to fightFor sun and sky and air and light, That stood out in the open plain, And always got its share of rain, Never became a forest king, But-lived and died a scrubby tiling, The man who never had to toil, And needed not his hands to soil, Who never had to win liis share Of sun and sky and light and air, Never became a manly man, But lived and died as he began. The strongest wind, the tougher trees, The farther sky, the greater lengthy The more the storm, the more tne istrength; By .sun and cold, by rain and snows, Where ' thickest stands the forest growth We find the patriarchs of both, And they hold converse with the stars Whose broken branches show the soars O'f many winds and much of strife— This is the common law of life.
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Hawera Star, Volume XLV, 31 October 1925, Page 20
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150THE COMMON LAW. Hawera Star, Volume XLV, 31 October 1925, Page 20
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