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{{Style P-HPB SB. Title continued |The Impending Difficulties in New Zealand|8-335}} | {{Style P-HPB SB. Title continued |The Impending Difficulties in New Zealand|8-335}} | ||
... | {{Style P-No indent|reporters who were present taking notes of what he was saying, thus:—}} | ||
“When I speak of land, the survey, the ploughing, and such matters of little consequence, the reporters’ pencils fly with the speed of wind; but when I speak of the word of the spirit, they say this is the dream of a madman. They are so intent in accumulating wealth that nothing appears to interest them except what is in some way connected with the acquisition of wealth. The storekeeper who has succeeded in acquiring wealth by short weight and inferior articles, and the numerous ways of picking and stealing known only to the initiated, who steal the land of the Maoris, and acquire flocks of sheep and herds of cattle; the men who would take the bread out of. the mouths of the widows and fatherless, and acquire riches by so doing— are all looked upon as gentlemen of property, while the humble seekers after truth are passed by unknown and unheeded. The time is at hand when their goods will rot; their ships will rot in their harbours for want of sailors to work them; the merchants will wring their hands in despair, when they and all their accumulations will melt away like the morning mist before the rising sun.” | |||
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