"He loved talking: he loved to be a Dr Johnson in the New World."
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Manning Clark, "The New World's Dr Johnson", The Age (20 September 1980), p. 27
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C. Hartley Grattan
Clinton Hartley Grattan (October 19, 1902 – June 25, 1980) was an American journalist, historian, critic and commentator, who was considered one of the leading American authorities on 20th-century Australian history and international relations.
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