The Australian, having as much as he can do to carry on from hand to mouth, would speedily repent himself of that close and filial union with the mother country, which he is now supposed so ardently to desire, when he found his personal resources crippled for the sake of European guarantees or Indian frontiers.
Morley argues that Australians would regret their ties to Britain if their resources were compromised for imperial interests.
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