"The children are taught more of the meanest……" — Henry Lawson
"The children are taught more of the meanest state in Europe than of the country they are born and bred in, despite the singularity of its characteristics, the interest of its history, the rapidity of its advance, and the stupendous promise of its future."
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Henry Lawson
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14 Quotes by Henry Lawson
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In a land where sport is sacred, Where the labourer is God, You must pander to the people, Make a…
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We shall never be understood or respected by the English until we carry our individuality to extremes, and by asserting…
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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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It is a matter of public shame that while we have now commemorated our hundredth anniversary, not one in every…
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I’ve never seen anyone rehabilitated by punishment.
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It is the same with revolution; so long as the proper spirit is spreading amongst our young men, we are…
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Who says Australia offers not a home for every poor Englishman, or any other countryman that finds his way to…
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Beer makes you feel the way you ought to feel without beer.
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Oh, my ways are strange ways and new ways and old ways, And deep ways and steep ways and high…
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On the same line of reasoning, if Australians were to be Australians, or rather if Australians were as separate from…
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And opposite the bench, the dock, divided by a partition, with the women to the left and the men to…
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Why on earth do we want closer connection with England? We have little in common with English people except our…
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