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Catherine Helen Spence

"My pamphlet did not set the Torrens on fire."

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"My pamphlet did not set the Torrens on fire."

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"Today I make time to release any burdens that I carry. One by one I release them into the atmosphere, until my body is in a complete state of calm."

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"They were fun days, and we set the town on fire with every movie we did."

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"What is emitted from the divine, though it be only like the reflection from the fire, still has the divine reality in itself, and one might almost ask what were the fire without glow, the sun without light, or the Creator without the creature?"

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"The fire which enlightens is the same fire which consumes."

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"As we grew to love South Australia, we felt that we were in an expanding society, still feeling the bond to the motherland, but eager to develop a perfect society, in the land of our adoption."
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"Drinking habits were very prevalent among men, and were not in any way disgraceful, unless excessive."
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"I think I was well brought up, for my father and mother were of one mind regarding the care of the family."
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"The first issue of The Register was printed in London, and gave a glowing account of the province that was to be - its climate, its resources, the sound principles on which it was founded."
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"Nothing is insignificant in the history of a young community, and - above all - nothing seems impossible."
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"South Australia was the first community to give the secret ballot for political elections."
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"After the break up of the municipality and the loss of his income my father lost health and spirits."
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