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It is a daunting honour to tread in the illustrious footsteps of those who have previously delivered this Oration. It is also a personal pleasure, because Sir Robert Garran was the gracious and tolerant chairman of the Canberra University College Council that gave me my first academic post. Impressive but totally unpretentious, Sir Robert was a man that I could look up to, literally as well as figuratively. In 1938, however, I was scarcely aware that Garran had been the first Commonwealth public servant, a permanent head for thirty‐one years and, as Attorney‐General John (later Sir John) Latham put it a few days after Garran retired in January 1932, "guide, philosopher and friend to every Federal Cabinet" during those years1

The history of international relations has lent itself to many uses. Its narrators have employed the tangled web of intention, maneuver, alliance, and war to vindicate or besmirch men's reputations, prove the guilt or innocence of nations in conflict, enrich traditions, furnish precepts for the present, and provide guides to the future. Their activity has gone on for a very long time and the product of their research has grown enormous. Presumably such a vast and varied output reflects a number of needs and interests. But is its perusal a useful way of gaining insight into the varied problems of international politics? More, as diplomatic history customarily is written, does it constitute an effective training ground for statesmen?

Binder's title. ; [by Auguste Laugel].--Lord Stanley. ; Lord Aberdeen, souvenirs et papiers diplomatiques, par m.le comte de Jarnac.--Bolingbroke, sa vie et son temps [by Charles de Rémusat]--The early career of Lord Brougham; some of his contemporaries.--Lord Castlereagh et la politique extérieure de l'Angleterre de 1812 à 1822 [by L. de Viel-Castel.--Mr. Joseph Chamberlain [by Achille Viallate].--Correspondence of Richard Cromwell.--Hommes d'état de l'Angleterre. William Ewart Gladstone, par m.P Challemel-Lacour.--Gladstone [by Francis de Pressensé].--Les mémoires de Greville [by C. Du Parquet].--Biographie politique. Le comte Grey [by Villemain].--Les hommes d'état de l'Angleterre. Sir George cornewal Lewis, par m.P. Challemel-Lacour.--Lord Palmerston, par m. Léo Joubert.--The life and policy of Pitt [a book review].--La politique militaire de Pitt [by G.D'Orcet].--Earl Stanhope's Life of Pitt [a book review].--William Pitt [a newspaper article, signed M.W.H.].--William Pitt financier et premier Lord de la trésorerie, par m.A. Calmon.--Lord Russell ; Mode of access: Internet.