The Quest for GraceSecond part of the late Manning Clark's autobiography which began with TThe Puzzles of Childhood' (1989). By the author of the celebrated six-volume TA History of Australia', this book traces Clark's journey of self-discovery to Oxford and Europe and his return to Australia. |
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Page 65
... English had the answer . The English stood for human dignity , the English way of life was the answer to the ' moral drift and decay ' and all the ' decadence and unrest of the modern world ' . So let us all , Australians as well as ...
... English had the answer . The English stood for human dignity , the English way of life was the answer to the ' moral drift and decay ' and all the ' decadence and unrest of the modern world ' . So let us all , Australians as well as ...
Page 85
... English were on the way down . Then what of Australia ? At that time this , for me , was a question which I could not answer simply because I knew so little about Australia . But English behaviour , English reluctance to acknowledge ...
... English were on the way down . Then what of Australia ? At that time this , for me , was a question which I could not answer simply because I knew so little about Australia . But English behaviour , English reluctance to acknowledge ...
Page 105
... English had their dangerous delusions . France , they kept telling us in the press that year , was safe behind the Maginot Line . Britannia still ruled the waves : so Britons never never would be slaves , because the British fleet ...
... English had their dangerous delusions . France , they kept telling us in the press that year , was safe behind the Maginot Line . Britannia still ruled the waves : so Britons never never would be slaves , because the British fleet ...
Contents
The Quest Begins | 1 |
Becoming a Melbourne Boy | 29 |
An Australian in the Land of Holy Wonders | 48 |
Copyright | |
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