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Page 189
But Hughes had never been a conciliator . He was always a fighter , a crusher , never the compromiser . Hughes was not an alcoholic , nor a workaholic : Hughes was a mockaholic . He could not stop . He had mocked Alfred Deakin , Andrew ...
But Hughes had never been a conciliator . He was always a fighter , a crusher , never the compromiser . Hughes was not an alcoholic , nor a workaholic : Hughes was a mockaholic . He could not stop . He had mocked Alfred Deakin , Andrew ...
Page 320
But unlike Job he never seemed to be bothered by the question : ' Where does wisdom come from ? Where is understanding to be found ? ' He preferred fishing to talking with metaphysicians or ideologues .
But unlike Job he never seemed to be bothered by the question : ' Where does wisdom come from ? Where is understanding to be found ? ' He preferred fishing to talking with metaphysicians or ideologues .
Page 497
But he did , and they never forgave him , and they never forgot . He died on 7 April 1939 at the age of fifty - nine . Labor men and women never forgave Billy Hughes for the treachery of 1916. For thirty - six years he hoped for the ...
But he did , and they never forgave him , and they never forgot . He died on 7 April 1939 at the age of fifty - nine . Labor men and women never forgave Billy Hughes for the treachery of 1916. For thirty - six years he hoped for the ...
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Contents
VICTORY OF THE COMFORTABLE CLASSES | 47 |
A DIVIDED AUSTRALIA | 80 |
John Joseph Ambrose Curtin and Robert Gordon Menzies frontispiece | 116 |
Copyright | |
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