JNF-The-Working-Class-Struggle-of-Half-a-Century
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is a little four-page newspaper. You go among civilised people and they<br />
have new edition every five minutes. Why? Because the people want to<br />
know what is going on and read to find out. My friends, you have to<br />
buck up and make your civilisation what it ought to be. Read, read,<br />
read; never stop until you discover the knowledge <strong>of</strong> the Universe.<br />
If you don’t understand the compass <strong>of</strong> your own world, how<br />
can you navigate properly? Christ himself paid tribute to intelligence.<br />
He made it clear in the parable <strong>of</strong> the talents... Spend a little less on<br />
food and a little more on your brain. Eat less and think more. Read<br />
more literature. Today it is a struggle <strong>of</strong> wit against wit, brains against<br />
brains...<br />
Your island is a Garden <strong>of</strong> Eden - viewed from the Waterfront it<br />
looks like a paradise. I have not come here to steal away everything;<br />
what I would like to steal away is ignorance, so that when I cross the<br />
Caribbean I can dump it into the deep Atlantic. I like the country very,<br />
very much, and the people too. You are very hospitable here. Everywhere<br />
I went, I was received with open arms... Try to make your little<br />
country the best spot in the world. Get hold <strong>of</strong> the land and don’t let it<br />
get away from you. <strong>The</strong> men who own the land make the laws. Own<br />
your own house and own the land, then you will be a respectable citizen<br />
and God will approve <strong>of</strong> you and the blessing <strong>of</strong> God Almighty will be<br />
upon you.<br />
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