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LOCAL HISTORY.
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Fix this textT\- a comparatively new country Midi as ours one lacks
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Fix this textheroes. We cannot personally conduct our pupils to “ the
Fix this textp’ace where England’s ancient barons, clad in arms, and
Fix this texts-ern in conquest, did challenge and secure the charter of
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Fix this textstot where Earl Simon and his doughty Londoners put the
Fix this textRoyal troops to shame; nor walk with them across those
Fix this textR?’f-same fields where good old Noll drilled his trusty Iron-
Fix this textsides; nor wander with them through the forests and along
Fix this textthe banks of that quiet stream where Will Shakespeare spent
Fix this texth's youth. No, here we lack “ that inspiration to high,
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Fix this textcontact with places hallowed by ancient associations !
Fix this textRobert Browning, when on a voyage from England to
Fix this texthis beloved Italy, was once sailing along the southern
Fix this textcoast of Spain. ’ St. Vincent lay behind him, with its
Fix this textrecord of battle nobly fought and victory nobly won;
Fix this textabeam lay Trafalgar, with its mingled message of joy and
Fix this textsorrow, its glorious and inspiriting call to duty; ahead
Fix this texts:ood the honeycombed rock-fortress of Gibraltar. And
Fix this textmemories of the great events associated with these names
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Fix this textSohoolbovs are not all Brownings, but questions of similar
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Fix this textwe Australians lack. Still there are some compensations.
Fix this textFor our very youth, as a civilised community, affords us
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Fix this textThence, ever broadening out, will come in turn the story
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