Tuesday, December 31, 2002

The Shame Of Going Back Comments

Rating: ★3.1

When you've come to make a fortune and you haven't made your salt,
And the reason of your failure isn't anybody's fault -
When you haven't got a billet, and the times are very slack,
There is nothing that can spur you like the shame of going back;
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Fay Slimm 07 April 2009

This is an apt summary of the humiliation of return without gain - and one which has demanded the lives of the mislead for centuries..... very clearly penned....

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Henry Lawson

Henry Lawson

Grenfell, New South Wales
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Grenfell, New South Wales
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