“The old shepherd had died, or got drunk, or got rats, or got…”

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“The old shepherd had died, or got drunk, or got rats, or got the sack, or a legacy, or got sane, or chucked it, or got lost, or found, or a wife, or had cut his throat, or hanged himself, or got into Parliament or the peerage—anyway, anything had happened to him that can happen to an old shepherd or any other man in the bush, and he wasn't there.”

— Henry Lawson

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Title: Wikiquote: Henry Lawson
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Lawson, Henry. (n.d.). Wikiquote: Henry Lawson. https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Henry_Lawson

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