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 31
... German , the German of the people . The painters gave Luther a coarse face and dressed him in an ill - fitting cassock . Luther emitted the air of a man of the people . History was full of such confrontations , moments of illumination ...
... German , the German of the people . The painters gave Luther a coarse face and dressed him in an ill - fitting cassock . Luther emitted the air of a man of the people . History was full of such confrontations , moments of illumination ...
Page 71
... German colonies , and German living space in eastern Europe , then the German army would destroy that Empire ; London and the English provincial cities would be reduced to rubble . And what , I asked timidly , about Australia ? ' Ach ...
... German colonies , and German living space in eastern Europe , then the German army would destroy that Empire ; London and the English provincial cities would be reduced to rubble . And what , I asked timidly , about Australia ? ' Ach ...
Page 111
... German army invaded Norway and Denmark , and on 10 May Holland and Belgium . Within a few weeks all four had capitulated , as had been predicted in the German military periodicals . Chamberlain resigned , still talking to the English in ...
... German army invaded Norway and Denmark , and on 10 May Holland and Belgium . Within a few weeks all four had capitulated , as had been predicted in the German military periodicals . Chamberlain resigned , still talking to the English in ...
Contents
The Quest Begins | 1 |
Becoming a Melbourne Boy | 29 |
An Australian in the Land of Holy Wonders | 48 |
Copyright | |
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