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"Creating a nation requires the will of the people!"

Edmund Barton, Australian Politician

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"Creating a nation requires the will of the people!"

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"It is the duty of the State to educate, and the right of the people to demand education."

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"The difference between the denominational system and the public school system is all the difference between bolstering them up on the one hand and letting them alone of the other."

"I was for two years a pupil at the Model School in Fort street which was then conducted upon the Irish national system, and if any special religious instruction was given in connection with that system, I do not recollect it."

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"Creating a nation requires the will of the people!"

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