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62 He had a mind which was quick to take over other people's ideas , a mind which delighted to play with big ideas , the broad sweeps in human history , the view of man of those who have been taken up into high mountains , but he lacked ...
62 He had a mind which was quick to take over other people's ideas , a mind which delighted to play with big ideas , the broad sweeps in human history , the view of man of those who have been taken up into high mountains , but he lacked ...
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He therefore suggested the propriety of Davey being immediately relieved or superseded by some other person of greater energy of mind and of more honourable principles . Macquarie added a plea of provision for Davey's amiable but ...
He therefore suggested the propriety of Davey being immediately relieved or superseded by some other person of greater energy of mind and of more honourable principles . Macquarie added a plea of provision for Davey's amiable but ...
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Bigge's mind , however , did not respond to the tragic grandeur of the occasion . He did not foresee that the white man's civilization and religion would doom the aborigine , nor despair of the prospect of raising a civilization in the ...
Bigge's mind , however , did not respond to the tragic grandeur of the occasion . He did not foresee that the white man's civilization and religion would doom the aborigine , nor despair of the prospect of raising a civilization in the ...
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Contents
THE CONTRIBUTION OF THE PROTESTANTS | 21 |
THE SONS OF ENLIGHTENMENT | 42 |
THE CHOICE OF BOTANY BAY | 59 |
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