Patriotism did not consist in boasting of our superiority over other nations. It was natural and right that we should feel proud of own country; but the essential thing in patriotism was not a sense of pride, but a sense of duty, and it was only by making the very best of themselves, by doing with their might whatsoever their hands found to do, that they could fulfil their duty to their country or render her any true service. They had. in fact, no right to be proud of their country unless they had done all they could to give their country the right to be proud of them.— Mr. A. M. Myers. Mayor of Auckland.
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New Zealand Graphic, Volume XLI, Issue 26, 23 December 1908, Page 2
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