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| | Andrew Fraser-Vol 5 No 1 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02) |
 | | If monarchists are ever to achieve a decisive victory, they must not rely upon republicans to shoot themselves in the foot, once again, with another deeply flawed model of the “politician’s republic.” Should republicans succeed in their campaign to abolish the constitutional monarchy, the repercussions will be felt far beyond Australia’s shores. |
 | | Indeed, the fate of what used to be called the British race may very well hang on the outcome of this constitutional battle: The abolition of the monarchy in Australia would weaken the institution elsewhere, further fracturing the already fragile sense of kinship between the peoples of Britain and the old settler dominions. |
 | | Despite the fact that the English, the Welsh, the Scots, and the Irish were separate and distinct, albeit closely related ethnic groups, theyhad all taken on a common, or British, civic identity by the end of the eighteenth century. |
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