CO-OPERATION
Surely some workman lias buildcd the pillar as well as the spire; The cross that the painter has gilded was fashioned in somebody's fire; Surely men dug in the ditches, preparing a place for the wall. And someone- has made with her stilchcs
the flag that shall fly ever all. Someone has blended the plaster, and someone lias carried the stone; Neither the man nor the master ever has
builded alone. Making a rooi from the weather, building
a house for the King Only by working together men have
accomplished a thing. All have a share in the beauty; all nave a part in the plan; What, does it matter what duty falls to
the lot of a man ? Each has a hand in the building; no ono
has built it alone— Whether a cross he was gilding—whether ho carried the stone
The above poem by Douglas Malloch wan sent to the Feilding office of the "Alattawatu Standard'' with a request for publication.
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Manawatu Standard, Volume LXI, Issue 194, 18 July 1941, Page 2
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164CO-OPERATION Manawatu Standard, Volume LXI, Issue 194, 18 July 1941, Page 2
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