A History of Australia: The people make laws, 1888-1915Melbourne University Press, 1963 - Australia |
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... human life would be like after the revolution . His role was to supply the memorable words . But on what that world would be , like one of his own characters , he too ' hadn't any opinions , hadn't any ideas ' . " Up in Brisbane on 19 ...
... human life would be like after the revolution . His role was to supply the memorable words . But on what that world would be , like one of his own characters , he too ' hadn't any opinions , hadn't any ideas ' . " Up in Brisbane on 19 ...
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... human behaviour to challenge humanity's belief in its capacity to control its own destiny . Since the sixteenth century three blows had been delivered at the pride of man . Copernicus had destroyed the belief that humanity's habitation ...
... human behaviour to challenge humanity's belief in its capacity to control its own destiny . Since the sixteenth century three blows had been delivered at the pride of man . Copernicus had destroyed the belief that humanity's habitation ...
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... human labour . In some retail shops young girls worked ninety hours a week without any rest on Sunday , their wages sometimes being as low as a miserable penny or less per hour . Some waitresses in cafés and restaurants worked one ...
... human labour . In some retail shops young girls worked ninety hours a week without any rest on Sunday , their wages sometimes being as low as a miserable penny or less per hour . Some waitresses in cafés and restaurants worked one ...
Contents
A COAT OF CONSERVATIVE VARNISH | 29 |
MORAL IMPROVERS AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPERS | 53 |
A TIME OF TUMULT | 90 |
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