ABRAHAM LINCOLN
" On 17th June, 1858, Abraham Lin- ! coin made that famous speech which sounded the clear call for unity of policy to which his nation so wonderfully responded. 'A house divided against itself cannot stand,' so the great man declared. The time has come for a vast extension of this same idea. Unreflecting nationalism, a nation divided against a nation, means a world that cannot stand. ' Nothing,' says a recent writer, ' can save the world but kindliness, and even if we knew how to organise kindliness we should not do so unless we ourselves were kindly.' This looks uncommonly like the doctrine once taught in Galilee, and it would seem to be our wisdom to follow it out to its full conclusion in all the relationships of life, national and international. The new world cannot rest on mutual distrust and jealousy. Co-operation alone can make it a habitable abode for man."— Lionel Blackburne in Lloyd's Bank Review.
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Waipa Post, Volume 44, Issue 3182, 26 May 1932, Page 6
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158ABRAHAM LINCOLN Waipa Post, Volume 44, Issue 3182, 26 May 1932, Page 6
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