A History of Australia: The people make laws, 1888-1915Melbourne University Press, 1963 - Australia |
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... Hughes was elected deputy leader . 15 Hughes and Fisher felt ill at ease in each other's company . Hughes was brilliant , Fisher was dull ; Hughes often sparkled , Fisher never ; Hughes was witty , Fisher dour . Fisher was one of those ...
... Hughes was elected deputy leader . 15 Hughes and Fisher felt ill at ease in each other's company . Hughes was brilliant , Fisher was dull ; Hughes often sparkled , Fisher never ; Hughes was witty , Fisher dour . Fisher was one of those ...
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... Hughes dressed in sombre suits , black for Fisher and grey for Hughes , as evidence of their commitment to the age of the common man.64 On the foundations of power in a bourgeois society Labor members held still the haziest notions ...
... Hughes dressed in sombre suits , black for Fisher and grey for Hughes , as evidence of their commitment to the age of the common man.64 On the foundations of power in a bourgeois society Labor members held still the haziest notions ...
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... Hughes had not taken to heart that lesson about betrayal in Charles Dickens's Great Expectations . Hughes wanted recognition : he had ceased to believe there was wisdom in the common people.67 Hughes decided to wear the fig leaf of the ...
... Hughes had not taken to heart that lesson about betrayal in Charles Dickens's Great Expectations . Hughes wanted recognition : he had ceased to believe there was wisdom in the common people.67 Hughes decided to wear the fig leaf of the ...
Contents
A COAT OF CONSERVATIVE VARNISH | 29 |
MORAL IMPROVERS AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPERS | 53 |
A TIME OF TUMULT | 90 |
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