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1856–1919 Australia
Alfred Deakin (3 August 1856 – 7 October 1919) was an Australian politician who served as the second prime minister of Australia from 1903 to 1904, 1905 to 1908 and 1909 to 1910. He held office as the leader of the Protectionist Party, and in his final term as that of the Liberal Party.
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He sought rest only in perpetual physical motion.
The Federal Story (1944)
He possessed for a time practically despotic authority "On the one condition", as he shrewdly said, "that I did not exercise it."
The Federal Story (1944)
His nervous instability was painful, his poses perpetual and his vanity colossal.
The Federal Story (1944)
Knowledge was his forte and omniscience his foible.
The Federal Story (1944)
Sir Thomas was a man of business, stout, florid, choleric, curt and Cromwellian.
The Federal Story (1944)
In public life ... he had but one aim — his own aggrandisement.
The Federal Story (1944)
Reid was neither federal nor anti-federal but either at need and as far as possible both at once. It is difficult indeed to describe so extraordinary a man without appearing to caricature him ...
The Federal Story (1944)
He had apparently no illusions, no passions and no pre dominantly great ideals. He had the official manner, imperturbable and impenetrable, which would have made the fortune of an ambassador in Bismarck's eves.
The Federal Story (1944)
... his politics were a chaos and his career contemptible.
The Federal Story (1944)
Though a Tasmanian born he appealed at all times to the narrowest Sydney and New South Wales provincialism by the pettiest and meanest acts and proposals. He was an anti- Federalist from the first, except upon terms which should ensure the absolute supremacy of his own colony as a stepping- stone to his own elevation.
The Federal Story (1944)
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