Consequence Quote by 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 sufficient consequence in their eyes to merit a closer study than they have hitherto accorded us.”

Henry Lawson

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“We fight it down, and we live it down, or we bear it bravely well, But the best men die of a broken heart…

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“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…

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It is quite time that our children were taught a little more about their country, for shame's sake.

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