Emotions, to paraphrase Clive James,
are a tricky thing. In the midst of defeat a sense of hopelessness can often
prevail, when hope is the quality required in such a situation. Conversely,
during times of triumph it is humility, or at least clear-headedness, that
serves us better than haughtiness. This particular reflection, admittedly,
occurred to me as television pundits began calling the September 7, 2013,
election for Abbott – and I sipped a celebratory glass of a 1996 Barossa shiraz.
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