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Knowledge was his forte and omniscience his foible. - Alfred Deakin
" "Knowledge was his forte and omniscience his foible.
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About Alfred Deakin
(3 August 1856 – 7 October 1919) was an Australian politician who served as the second from 1903 to 1904, 1905 to 1908 and 1909 to 1910. He held office as the leader of the , and in his final term as that of the Liberal Party. He is notable for being one of the founding fathers of Federation and for his influence in early .
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The Honourable Alfred Deakin
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One of Sir Henry Parkes's besetting foibles was a love of associating himself with notables of the day, of whom he devoutly preserved all mementoes, of whom he frequently spoke and with whom he corresponded whenever possible. At the [Federation] Conference of 1890 he managed to introduce with comments a letter from Lecky and to mention by the way that he had been introduced to him by Lord Tennyson.
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Parkes said of himself and another member that they were alike in that they consistently lived above their means. He was as much an admirer of the fair sex, so that when once on a specially dashing woman appearing in the gallery of the New South Wales Assembly, and Parkes being asked who she was, replied in sardonic style: "Well I don't know myself. I've asked George Reid and Wise, and they don't know, from which I conclude that she must be a woman of good reputation."
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