IDEAL POPULAR LEADER.
[(Br Wilwam Wats:>n.) He ia one who counts no publio toil so harS As idly glittering pleasures ; one controlled By no mob's haste, nor swayed by gods of gold ; Prizing, not courting, all jUBt men's regard ; With none but Manhood's ancient Order starred, Nor crowned with titles less august and old Than human greatness ; large-brained, limpid-souled ; Whom dreams cm hurry net, nor doubts retard ; Bom, noitored of the Ptople ; living still Ihe Peeplo's life ; and though their noblest flower In nought removed above them, save alone In loftier virtue, wi6don>, courage, power, The ampler vision, the serener will, And the fixed mind, to no light dallyings prone. i
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Colonist, Volume XXXVII, Issue 8062, 5 October 1894, Page 3
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111IDEAL POPULAR LEADER. Colonist, Volume XXXVII, Issue 8062, 5 October 1894, Page 3
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