Simon Townsend's Wonder World

Simon Townsend's Wonder World

Simon Townsend's Wonder World! was a multi-award–winning Australian children's television show that aired on Network Ten from 1979 until 1986. It was hosted by journalist Simon Townsend.

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    Stevenson had noble ideas—as did the young Franklin for that matter. But Stevenson felt that the way to implement them was to present himself as a thoughtful idealist and wait for the world to flock to him. He considered it below him, or wrong, to scramble out among the people and ask them what they wanted. Roosevelt grappled voters to him. Stevenson shied off from them. Some thought him too pure to desire power, though he showed ambition when it mattered.
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