The English Way

Maoriland Worker, Volume 13, Issue 31, 1 August 1923, Page 7

The English Way

Every Englishman is born with v certain miraculous power that makes him master of -the* world. When he wants a thing he never tells himself that he wants it. He waits patiently until there comes into his mind, no one knows how, a burning conviction that it is his moral and religious duty to conquer those who have got the fthing he wants. He is never at a loss for an effective moral attitude. . As the great champion of freedom; a&d national independence, he ; ' conquers and annexes half the world, and calls it *£When he ; wants \' : a jdew market for Sis adiJlte'ritted ;J|dnchester goods hesends'.a missionary to teach the natives the Gospel of Peace. , The natives kill the jhissionary; he flies to arms in defence of Christianity, fights for it, conquers lor it, and take's the market as a reward from heaven. He fights you on patriotic principles; he robs you on ■business principles; he enslaves you on imperial principles. His watchword is always his duty.—G. Bernard ■•©haw. ■. ' ■ . .. -v - ' ::