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> [The old shepherd had died, or got drunk, or got rats, or got the sack, or a legacy, or got sane, or chucked it, or got lost, or found, or a wife, or had cut his throat, or hanged himself,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henry-lawson/the-old-shepherd-had-died-or-got-drunk-or-got-rats-or-got-the-sack-or/)

[Henry Lawson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/henry-lawson/)

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## More by Henry Lawson

> [It is a matter of public shame that while we have now commemorated our hundredth anniversary, not one in every ten children attending Public…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henry-lawson/it-is-a-matter-of-public-shame-that-while-we-have-now-commemorated/)

[Henry Lawson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/henry-lawson/)

> [“Do you think now and then, now or then, in the whirl Of the city, while London is new, Of the hut in the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henry-lawson/do-you-think-now-and-then-now-or-then-in-the-whirl-of-the-city-while/)

[Henry Lawson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/henry-lawson/)

> [On the same line of reasoning, if Australians were to be Australians, or rather if Australians were as separate from any other nation as…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henry-lawson/on-the-same-line-of-reasoning-if-australians-were-to-be-australians/)

[Henry Lawson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/henry-lawson/)

> [We shall never be understood or respected by the English until we carry our individuality to extremes, and by asserting our independence, become of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henry-lawson/we-shall-never-be-understood-or-respected-by-the-english-until-we/)

[Henry Lawson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/henry-lawson/)

> [It is the same with revolution; so long as the proper spirit is spreading amongst our young men, we are satisfied that it spreads…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henry-lawson/it-is-the-same-with-revolution-so-long-as-the-proper-spirit-is/)

[Henry Lawson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/henry-lawson/)

> [The old shepherd had died, or got drunk, or got rats, or got the sack, or a legacy, or got sane, or chucked it,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henry-lawson/the-old-shepherd-had-died-or-got-drunk-or-got-rats-or-got-the-sack-or/)

[Henry Lawson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/henry-lawson/)

> [“Ah! The world is a new and a wide one to you, But the world to your sweetheart is shut, For a change never…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henry-lawson/ah-the-world-is-a-new-and-a-wide-one-to-you-but-the-world-to-your/)

[Henry Lawson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/henry-lawson/)

> [“We fight it down, and we live it down, or we bear it bravely well, But the best men die of a broken heart…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henry-lawson/we-fight-it-down-and-we-live-it-down-or-we-bear-it-bravely-well-but/)

[Henry Lawson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/henry-lawson/)

> [Oh, my ways are strange ways and new ways and old ways, And deep ways and steep ways and high ways and low, I'm…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henry-lawson/oh-my-ways-are-strange-ways-and-new-ways-and-old-ways-and-deep-ways/)

[Henry Lawson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/henry-lawson/)

> [Who says Australia offers not a home for every poor Englishman, or any other countryman that finds his way to our shores? And what…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henry-lawson/who-says-australia-offers-not-a-home-for-every-poor-englishman-or-any/)

[Henry Lawson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/henry-lawson/)

> [“The fields are fair in autumn yet, and the sun's still shining there, but we bow our heads and we brood and fret, because…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henry-lawson/the-fields-are-fair-in-autumn-yet-and-the-sun-s-still-shining-there/)

[Henry Lawson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/henry-lawson/)

> [It is quite time that our children were taught a little more about their country, for shame's sake.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henry-lawson/it-is-quite-time-that-our-children-were-taught-a-little-more-about/)

[Henry Lawson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/henry-lawson/)

> [“here is nothing to see, however, and not a soul to meet. You might walk for twenty miles along this track without being able…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henry-lawson/here-is-nothing-to-see-however-and-not-a-soul-to-meet-you-might-walk/)

[Henry Lawson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/henry-lawson/)

> [And opposite the bench, the dock, divided by a partition, with the women to the left and the men to the right, as it…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henry-lawson/and-opposite-the-bench-the-dock-divided-by-a-partition-with-the-women/)

[Henry Lawson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/henry-lawson/)

> [I’ve never seen anyone rehabilitated by punishment.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henry-lawson/i-ve-never-seen-anyone-rehabilitated-by-punishment/)

[Henry Lawson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/henry-lawson/)

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