CARLYLE ON THE "LIBERTY OF THE SUBJECT."

Hawera & Normanby Star, Volume L, Issue 8918, 6 November 1905, Page 2

CARLYLE ON THE "LIBERTY OF THE SUBJECT."

"No man oppresses thee, O free and independent franchiser, but does not this stupid pewter pot oppress thee? No son of Adam can bid thee come or go, but this absurd pot of heavy-wet can and does. Thou art the thrall not of Cedric the Saxon, but of tbiae own brutish appetites, and this accursed dish of liquor. And thou pratest of thy liberty, thou entire blockhead ! ' ' John Burns quotes the above in his splendid lecture on "Labor and Drink," and adds: "Drink is the Circean cup that is offered by a callous dominant class to those whom otherwise they could not enslave. Drink Is still the modern sorcerer that is offered to the industrial companions of the social Ulysses in quest of better conditions, the enchanted beverage that makes men into swine."