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 98
... grace . Dymphna was my mate for the journey ahead . There was no need to worry about money , food , raiment , occupation ; they would be found along the way ; there was the assurance I had heard as a child that ' all these things shall ...
... grace . Dymphna was my mate for the journey ahead . There was no need to worry about money , food , raiment , occupation ; they would be found along the way ; there was the assurance I had heard as a child that ' all these things shall ...
Page 119
... grace , uncertain where salvation lay , but not ready then to understand why so many musicians have composed a kyrie eleison . I was not even hoping at that time that someone , somewhere , would take pity on all of us . Mozart was my ...
... grace , uncertain where salvation lay , but not ready then to understand why so many musicians have composed a kyrie eleison . I was not even hoping at that time that someone , somewhere , would take pity on all of us . Mozart was my ...
Page 210
... grace in the eyes of the Lord . ' We know the Noahs of this world , the men of professorial timber ' or those destined for higher things in the bureaucracy in Canberra . The storyteller could create scenes . Here is Noah after he had ...
... grace in the eyes of the Lord . ' We know the Noahs of this world , the men of professorial timber ' or those destined for higher things in the bureaucracy in Canberra . The storyteller could create scenes . Here is Noah after he had ...
Contents
The Quest Begins | 1 |
Becoming a Melbourne Boy | 29 |
An Australian in the Land of Holy Wonders | 48 |
Copyright | |
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