PRO PATRIA
"When I read ' some browbeating bombastic 'patriot' saying this and that I begin to wonder whalt pro patria .really means. I believe the essence of' patriotism to be th e exaltation of one's country; the abolition of those Vices that 'tend to destroy a nation and its power for righteousness; the clearing of a slums no matter the cost; the employment of every man, not as a s'lave 1 or casual outcast, but as' a man—a producer, of things clean and purei; for peace, not war, for progress, not readtion; the children cared for 1 and truly educated for the joys of know/ledge, and that they may become worthy citiizens rather than physical and mental machines, working unjder the vilest conditions, to become eventually lless than the dus!t. "Yes, I am a .patriot because I want' to see tlhe aged, the widow, the sick, the helpless recognised by the State: they, in turn, proud of the word —not, as now, too often associated with flag-waving big heroics, empty platitudes', and deceptive slogans."—Frances, Countess of Warwick, in the "Century Magazine."
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Waipa Post, Volume 32, Issue 1925, 23 October 1926, Page 7
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181PRO PATRIA Waipa Post, Volume 32, Issue 1925, 23 October 1926, Page 7
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