SLAVE MENTALITY.
CODDLED NATIONS FALL. DON’T SPARE THE ROD! LONDON, Juno 4. . “Too much instinctive obedience leads to slave mentality,” said Colonel J. C. Wedgwood, M.P. (Labour), addressing the Chief Constables’ Conference at the Guildhall. “I aqi glad Britishers aro tho least law-abiding race on earth,” lie added. “We want u nation with a master mentality. We have it more than any race, except, perhaps, the Scots. .‘Mammy's Darlings' stand a poor chance of making good, and it is the same thing with nations. ‘Do as you’re told’ is a bad slogan for children and for the race.”
The Chief Constable of Norwich said be was convinced it was hard to find naturally bad boys: Alembers-of.young gangs were nearly always full of charm, heroism and righteousness. Badness in boys was Usually the result of latent, energy. The Chief Constable of Newport considered that a part of a boy’s education was to thrash him.
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Manawatu Standard, Volume XLVI, Issue 171, 21 June 1926, Page 10
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