MAXIMS.
Lead is heavy, and gold is heavier; but take the kingdoms of creation at large, that which has the most specific gravity to make earth groan, and to make heaven weep, is a lazy man.—An American. A person of unsteady character will never succeed in any thing, because he never pursues any object long enough to attain to it.—Boicser.
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Maori Messenger : Te Karere Maori, Volume I, Issue 3, 1 March 1855, Page 56
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60MAXIMS. Maori Messenger : Te Karere Maori, Volume I, Issue 3, 1 March 1855, Page 56
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