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The New Zealand Railways Magazine, Volume 11, Issue 4 (July 1, 1936)

Mr. Sullivan's Praise

Mr. Sullivan's Praise.

Another comrade, D. G. Sullivan, now Minister for Railways, said of him:

“To serve the workers’ Movement he endured years of suffering and privation; poverty was his constant companion throughout his whole life, and often he must have been short of the necessaries of life. He went to prison more than once for the sake of his principles, and beyond all doubt, if circumstances had required and justified it, he would willingly have given his life for Labour's cause. His soul was cast in heroic mould, but I think he just killed himself, undermining his health and strength by overwork. He just never let up in his amazing devotion to duty.”

“His Courage was Indomitable.”

James Thorn—now M.P.—National Secretary of the Labour Party, wrote in a tribute to his friend:

“… Harry remembered the small things as well as the great. He was always warmly grateful for little kindnesses, though the stress of life was never so urgent or burdensome he never forgot. His courage was indomitable. Public spirit gave him an heroic quality. His soul was unconquerable… Diligent, of kindly humour, impatient only when he thought we failed in our sacred duty to Humanity and Socialism, hateful of every injustice and oppression, his soul, amid the dust and din of the battle, yearned for the everlasting hills, the stilly places and the harmonies of a fraternal society which he visioned for us all. May we draw inspiration from his devotion!”