I had seen Adelaide the dearest and the cheapest place to live in.

Nothing is insignificant in the history of a young community, and - above all - nothing seems impossible.

I look back to a happy childhood.

My brothers went to the parish school, one of the best in the county.

I count myself well educated, for the admirable woman at the head of the school which I attended from the age of four and a half till I was thirteen and a half, was a born teacher in advance of her own times.

I had only two offers of marriage in my life, and I refused both.

Drinking habits were very prevalent among men, and were not in any way disgraceful, unless excessive.