alike of the true reformer and the true conservative, which keeps the whole fabric standing! by repairing and improving from time to time whatever portions of it stand in need of repair or improvement. Let us ever stand fast': in the old paths ; but the old paths of England' have ever been the paths of progress; the ancient custom ha 3 ever been to shrink from mere change, for the sake of change, but fearlessly to change whenever change was really needed." "With these wise words of the great living historian, I can fitly close my criticisms of Sir G. Grey's petition.—l am, &c, Johx H. Siiaw, L.L.B.
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New Zealand Times, Volume XXIX, Issue 4263, 18 November 1874, Page 5
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