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... tradition of the noble bushman ' is still very strong in both literature and folklore , but , at least since the publication in 1904 of On Our Selection , it has been counterpoised by the opposing tradition of ' Dad and Mum , Dave and ...
... tradition of the noble bushman ' is still very strong in both literature and folklore , but , at least since the publication in 1904 of On Our Selection , it has been counterpoised by the opposing tradition of ' Dad and Mum , Dave and ...
Page 171
... tradition . Bushmen were , above all , ' practical ' men , little given to abstract speculation . Such ideas as they held in common were practical rules of conduct , or habitual modes of thought and action , spring- ing directly from ...
... tradition . Bushmen were , above all , ' practical ' men , little given to abstract speculation . Such ideas as they held in common were practical rules of conduct , or habitual modes of thought and action , spring- ing directly from ...
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... tradition exerts a stultifying influence on both . At the same time other voices , more numerous but usually more inarticulate , defend the legend , most often by simply sailing on in happy ignorance of the advice proffered from the ...
... tradition exerts a stultifying influence on both . At the same time other voices , more numerous but usually more inarticulate , defend the legend , most often by simply sailing on in happy ignorance of the advice proffered from the ...
Contents
THE LEGEND AND THE TASK | 1 |
THE FOUNDING FATHERS | 14 |
CELTS AND CURRENCY | 43 |
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