The Wanganui Chronicle. FRIDAY. DECEMBER 22, 1933. PITY THE POOR POLITICIAN!
j\JOBODV thinks of pitying the poor politician! There he is down in Wellington, still. He does not know whether he is going to get away for Christmas or whether he will be kept at work right up to the last fleeting hours of the old year. He is cursed for all of his pains, he loses sleep, he talks, or has to listen to talk, and both are boring. His business has to be neglected, his family can get out of hand, his farm may be neglected, and all the time he is compelled to suffer fools gladly for fear that he shall need their votes at the next election. Then he has to suffer, or is it swallow, wormwood and gall, when some would-be smart Alec starts talking about “the sweets and emoluments of office.” Why do men stay in public life when the chains bind them so closely? It is hard to discover, but like the prisoner of Chilon, they learn to love their chains.
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Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 76, Issue 302, 22 December 1933, Page 6
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178The Wanganui Chronicle. FRIDAY. DECEMBER 22, 1933. PITY THE POOR POLITICIAN! Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 76, Issue 302, 22 December 1933, Page 6
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