A STATESMAN’S ADVICE.
■ Give up money, give up fame, give up science, give up the earth itself and all it contains, rather than do an immoral»act (says Thomas Jefferson).' And never suppose that in any possible situation or & under any circumstances it is best for you to do a dishonorable thing, however slightly so it may appear to you. Whenever you are to do a thing, though it can never be known but to yourself, ask yourself how you would act were all the world looking at you, and act accordingly. Encourage all your virtuous dispositions and exercise them whenever an opportunity arises, being assured that they will gain strength bv exercise, as a limb of the body does, and that exercise will make them habitual.
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New Zealand Tablet, 31 January 1918, Page 34
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126A STATESMAN’S ADVICE. New Zealand Tablet, 31 January 1918, Page 34
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