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The Pamphlet Collection of Sir Robert Stout: Volume 80a

A Personal Note

A Personal Note.

"I would like at the same time to say," continued the Premier, "not only for the present Opposition, but each and every member of the New Zealand Parliament who has taken the platform, that they have expressed to myself personally every kind wish and heart's desire for my recovery. (Cheers). That, ladies and gentlemen, is going in the direction I have long sought and prayed for—namely, that whilst men and women may differ conscientiously on matters of page 2 public import, those political differences should not create private emnity or ill-will." (Cheers), In the address be delivered that night, there would not be one unkind word, or even one unkind thought, respecting those who differed, and who would differ, from that which he believed to be in the best interests of our country; but what he conceded to them he claimed for his colleagues and himself. He claimed for those who were supporting the Government, and who would continue to support the Government, because they supported the right—he claimed for them the same privileges that they conceded to others. (Cheers).