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A single Australian tribe (really capable of such a habit, and really practising it) would have conquered all Australia almost as the English have conquered it.
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Walter Bagehot
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gutenberg.orgWalter Bagehot: “A single Australian tribe (really capable of such a habit, and really practising it) would have conquered all Australia…”
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Bagehot speculates that a capable Australian tribe could have easily dominated the continent if they had the necessary habits.
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