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The Pamphlet Collection of Sir Robert Stout: Volume 75

A Federation of Nations

A Federation of Nations

speaking one language, when there shall be a fraternity of interests and a mutuality of sympathies. We are working for that time. Home of us have small powers, some of us have small opportunities, but I hope we shall all use whatever powers and whatever opportunities we possess. I thank you in the name of the workers of the Old Country. I cannot speak for the aristocracy, I cannot speak for the clergy, but I can speak right from my heart for the workers to you; and if I have given you a faint picture of the misery and woe in the Old Country, I have drawn it in order that it may prove a warning to you of what may come to you. Timid or interested men may say to you, Do not be extreme: but be extreme. Discontent is righteous wherever oppression and poverty exist. Do not be satisfied with a mere crust. If New Zealand under the wage system could give the worker a thousand pounds a minute there is no reason why it should not. If you do not get a fair share of the wealth somebody else will. Therefore, by having a jealous regard for your own rights, you are fighting the greatest battle that can be fought by man, and you are ensuring for your State a permanence that shall be everlasting while the globe continues to roll. Thank you again and again. Good luck to you.