Imitations are always weaklings. When you sec a competitor copying our style of doing business, we cannot hcly> beiiifr sensible of the compliment paid to v*. Try as they may, however, they cannot do what' we are doing. They are lttckiug m individuality, or they would not he imitators. Imitation is to the general public » proclamation of weakness. We do not lie awake at night worrying alxmfc ouv imitators, but we confess that we have felt flattered at their .acute recognition of the merits of our methods. They may try to copy ns, but they will never he nble to 'copy the spirt and individuality which has m«do "The People's. Emporium" a household wfd ,ia 'tt'sborne'.* At the. aiiijua,! meeting of the Rocieto Intiu-naticnale 4e PbiWogie m London there w«e tVwri- iA^uu gO incnibers* y.voI Kent, but .12 nations ym represent c.d. I At a rccepfioji 23 language ,wvw jfpokcu. ' Woods' Great Peppermint Gyre for Coughs and Colds ; paver fails. V
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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XLIII, Issue 14074, 18 August 1916, Page 11
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161Page 11 Advertisements Column 2 Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XLIII, Issue 14074, 18 August 1916, Page 11
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