Latter-day Renown
Whatever doubts may exist about the authorship of the "Prologue," its most famous line has become an iconic part of Australian culture. (For example, it is quoted in the film Breaker Morant and provides the title of the play Our Country's Good). It begins:
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- From distant climes, o'er wide-spread seas, we come,
- Though not with much éclat or beat of drum,
- True patriots all: for, be it understood:
- We left our country for our country's good.
- —George Barrington, A History of New South Wales
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Famous quotes containing the word renown:
“If any ambitious man have a fancy to revolutionize, at one effort, the universal world of human thought, human opinion, and human sentiment, the opportunity is his own—the road to immortal renown lies straight, open, and unencumbered before him. All that he has to do is to write and publish a very little book. Its title should be simple—a few plain words—”My Heart Laid Bare.” But—this little book must be true to its title.”
—Edgar Allan Poe (1809–1845)