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y separately published work icon Donald Horne : Selected Writings selected work   essay  
Issue Details: First known date: 2017... 2017 Donald Horne : Selected Writings
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Contents

* Contents derived from the Cammeray, Cremorne - Mosman - Northbridge area, Sydney Northeastern Suburbs, Sydney, New South Wales,:La Trobe University Press , 2017 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.
A Public Intellectual : The Life and Times of Donald Horne, Glyn Davis , single work essay biography

'Australia is a lucky country run mainly by second-rate people who share its luck. It lives on other peoples ideas, and, although its ordinary people are adaptable, most of its leaders (in all fields) so lack curiosity about the events that surround then that they are often taken by surprise.'

'This tough minded verdict by Donald Horne, central to The Lucky Country, lost its force over time. Speech-makers quote the tagline but not the stinging judgement it introduced. Shorn of irony, criticism became affirmation.' (Introduction)

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