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"Without equality of opportunity even liberty itself was in danger of becoming an empty form. Jjabour had come along with the real complement of all this —namely, that capacity in individuals should be developed for the benefit of society as a whole. It had brought in the great note of fellowship. He be-gged the workers always to keep the note of ■ brotherhood end fellowship and social interdependence uppermost In their minds. They needed to insist not on the clash of Interests but on the real oneness of the n-eeds of humanity. The greatest contribution of the Labour movement towards real human progress was Its. Bmphasi-5 of the importance of fellowship and all that it implied.—Dr. Temple, Bishop of Manchester, 20/6/22. * # * * If it were not for Organised Labour Ihe working classes would not be getting a third the wages they do. —Gladstone. **' # * We Irave miir'ons of brothers and sisters whose daily bread nev&r reaches them, be/ng intercepted on tbn way.—Will Reason. -j* ■* * * Society has received an ultimatum. If it does not succeed in disposing of war it is doomed. —Viscount Grey. * * * * What was true of Disraeli's time is truer still of these days: "Thar© is more serfdom in England now than at any time si&ce the Conquest." * * ■* * Malthus, Ricardo and Karl Mars Were, to my mind, three of the most brilliant economic thinkers of the iineteenth, century.—H. H. Asquith. An. optimist is a man who expects; *.o raise vegetables like those pictur-1 fed in the seed catalogues.—"New York Sun." * * * * Tlie writings of the wise are the baly riches our posterity cannot •quander.—Charles Lamb. * * * * The only people, scientific or other, Mu> never make a mistake are those Whs> do no thins.

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Maoriland Worker, Volume 12, Issue 294, 18 October 1922, Page 5

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Untitled Maoriland Worker, Volume 12, Issue 294, 18 October 1922, Page 5

Untitled Maoriland Worker, Volume 12, Issue 294, 18 October 1922, Page 5