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... natural selection upon the human material . The qualities favouring successful assimilation were adaptability , toughness , endurance , activity and loyalty to one's fellows , just those traits already noticed as being typical of the ...
... natural selection upon the human material . The qualities favouring successful assimilation were adaptability , toughness , endurance , activity and loyalty to one's fellows , just those traits already noticed as being typical of the ...
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... natural enemies : the new chum ' swells ' . The following anecdote illustrates how naturally the old hands ' hatred of policemen was passed on to many new chums . When gold was first discovered at Ballarat , an old Sydney - side ex ...
... natural enemies : the new chum ' swells ' . The following anecdote illustrates how naturally the old hands ' hatred of policemen was passed on to many new chums . When gold was first discovered at Ballarat , an old Sydney - side ex ...
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... natural ' virtue of nationalism , in the inevitability of ' progress ' , 45 and in the self - evident superiority of white men and their civilization . Since the Napoleonic Wars there had been no international clashes of comparable ...
... natural ' virtue of nationalism , in the inevitability of ' progress ' , 45 and in the self - evident superiority of white men and their civilization . Since the Napoleonic Wars there had been no international clashes of comparable ...
Contents
THE LEGEND AND THE TASK | 1 |
THE FOUNDING FATHERS | 14 |
CELTS AND CURRENCY | 43 |
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