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Burke Manuscript: Page 225

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Mr Godley (his statue in Cathedral Square) was the agent of the Canterbury Association at the foundation of the settlement. He no doubt was a fine man, with lots of good qualities, but he got the romance of settlement knocked out of him. He was an austere, superior sort of person. He soon returned to England and became an official in the War Office until his death.

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