MR FOX ON YOUTHFUL MINIS
i , S^*Ti?^iHe^?/tfßrfJ < 9fi irMleißjffiea-; younng to malce^Ovmu^X)o qf)the fact <|f some %, t^e f , present M^try^fteing young men, might with aqvanti^e/Aave jemembered'-tne 'cutting re^ly^jnftaJaJby Mr Pitt-j-'ifie^'&ungest Premier^niStWer ruled the destim'es of £ngl{J^3^P,|ilr, (Valpole, -theft /an old mafljinm&o^had feunte&Mmjflrtfcte his youthW theatrical manner. $£9 bjjgan as follow* s— "Sir, the atrdeious crime of being-ayoang- • W^fbJ9Ufjie(|(6stfr*bi^?^tleSf{en^ffi| V and/deoenpj^h^ediuTOnfme,ilf I gam neither : atfcfenyrff to, p^lw%.(pr/deny/ put content myaelf'with l wißhibß v inat!'l may be one oltn\)S9 ( wno39 • follies ma^ceasVwith their youth, ;asdjaqfcic&tJ#seTWliQ continue yvnetner youth can be attributed ;to an y man , p*o^i&6^'dete*mufin^ ' ; ustly become contemptibje;df|(he ap'portnfcKl Ities which withyhen'^tfie passions^ have ;Buoslaea, 'fW wretch who, after»li£ring^Been the consea 1 thdu&anC errprar continues 'afcill }o blunder, and in whom age has onlyjidded £ i < >bstinao,^ r to stupidity i» surely worthy either , )f abhorehc^ or contempt 1 ; and deserves not that*hTs|rey head should secure him from inSUit." t^""~ "v— ~ -r f - --"--• -----•*..-*. _^~- V speech, has often been quoted, but! there wiu; al wara 4asa 1 JSP* . bid -people wKd^iMagine l tha'tf fact of theirJseniori^'mus^'give them such wisdom as younger people. cannot hope for. QssSfa tdafiC%^]#ainp and ™^?M?M/Mopge|«M#J^to»o
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Wanganui Herald, Volume XII, Issue 9416, 10 May 1879, Page 2
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186MR FOX ON YOUTHFUL MINIS Wanganui Herald, Volume XII, Issue 9416, 10 May 1879, Page 2
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