KEEP YOUR PROMISE.
A man of honor considers his word his bond, therefore he makes it an inviolable rule to be punctual to his promises. Promises partake of the sacred; the honor and confidence of the party, or parties, are at. slake until the obligatorypromise is fulfilled. Non-fulfilment of promises is falsehood, it is breaking down all the barriers of truih, and throwing principles on one side. Punctuality in promises commands a salutary- influence; it scatters around the power of sterling integrity, shows its strength* to overcome all sinister motives, chusing rather to suffer than show the least insincerity.— Stansfield.
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Maori Messenger : Te Karere Maori, Volume II, Issue 15, 16 December 1862, Page 24
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100KEEP YOUR PROMISE. Maori Messenger : Te Karere Maori, Volume II, Issue 15, 16 December 1862, Page 24
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