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Issue Details: First known date: 1916... 1916 The Ploughboy Premier : A Story for Boys
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This story has one, and only one, object - to show the influence for good that may be contained within the sphere of a bush school library. That a boy such as Tom Skidmore was, and with his poor opportunities should attain to the position of Prime Minister of New South Wales, will not be regarded as improbable; for the whole history of the Australasian Colonies proves the truth of the assumption, and the author earnestly prays that many more like him may arise through this influence to help to guide the destinies of this fair land. (Preface)

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  • Epigraph: 'Honour and shame from no condition rise; / Act well your part, there all the honour lies.' Pope.

    'Let every man be occupied, and occupied in the highest employment of which his nature is capable, and die with consciousness that he has done his best.' Sydney Smith.

  • Users are warned that this work contains terminology that reflects attitudes or language used at the time of publication that are considered inappropriate today.

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