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I was for two years a pupil at the Model School in Fort street which was then conducted upon the Irish national system, and if any special religious instruction was given in connection with that system, I do not recollect it.
Edmund Barton
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Edmund Barton
Age: 70 †
Born: 1849
Born: January 18
Died: 1920
Died: January 7
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Sir Edmund Barton
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