My Canadian MemoriesChapman and Hall, Limited, 1920 - 247 pagina's |
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... doubts about the future of Canada . Its record in the past justifies that belief . In 1903 the quantity of grain produced in the country was 293 million bushels . In 1914 the pro- duction of grain was no less than 672 millions . In 1903 ...
... doubts about the future of Canada . Its record in the past justifies that belief . In 1903 the quantity of grain produced in the country was 293 million bushels . In 1914 the pro- duction of grain was no less than 672 millions . In 1903 ...
Pagina 21
... doubt suffer for those mistakes , but I shall learn to do better because of them . Nothing was ever learned by interference . ' " " " I approve of liberty ! " said two young men at once . 66 For yourselves ! And for no one else ! Do you ...
... doubt suffer for those mistakes , but I shall learn to do better because of them . Nothing was ever learned by interference . ' " " " I approve of liberty ! " said two young men at once . 66 For yourselves ! And for no one else ! Do you ...
Pagina 34
... doubt accentuated the honour ! At Kingston he went to school , and after he had learned telegraphy , was sent as assistant to the telegraph clerk , who was also the local dentist . His teeth , poor boy , were sadly out of order , owing ...
... doubt accentuated the honour ! At Kingston he went to school , and after he had learned telegraphy , was sent as assistant to the telegraph clerk , who was also the local dentist . His teeth , poor boy , were sadly out of order , owing ...
Pagina 35
... doubt , been instrumental in making him show consideration even to those who have no right to appeal to him . He had frequently been urged not to answer what are called " begging letters , but he always replies , " I never forget what ...
... doubt , been instrumental in making him show consideration even to those who have no right to appeal to him . He had frequently been urged not to answer what are called " begging letters , but he always replies , " I never forget what ...
Pagina 41
... doubt , entered the St. Lawrence River as proudly as a steamship with a record does to - day . Imagination can easily picture the fleet of Indian canoes , with their warriors crested with war plumes and uttering their strange cries ...
... doubt , entered the St. Lawrence River as proudly as a steamship with a record does to - day . Imagination can easily picture the fleet of Indian canoes , with their warriors crested with war plumes and uttering their strange cries ...
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Pagina 6 - There is a path which no fowl knoweth, And which the vulture's eye hath not seen: The lion's whelps have not trodden it, Nor the fierce lion passed by it.
Pagina 186 - The House will cordially approve of any necessary expenditure designed to promote the speedy organization of a Canadian naval service in cooperation with and in close relation to the Imperial navy, along the lines suggested by the Admiralty at the last Imperial Conference, and in full sympathy with the view that the naval supremacy of Britain is essential to the security of commerce, the safety of the Empire and the peace of the world.
Pagina 105 - But though I could hear each voice as it spoke, I was unable to make out clearly what anyone said. It was an awful time. Each one of us felt as if the railway was our own child and we were prepared to make any sacrifice for it, but things were at a dead-lock and it seemed impossible to raise any more money. We men ourselves had given up...
Pagina 186 - The House expresses its firm conviction that whenever the need arises the Canadian people will be found ready and willing to make any sacrifice that is required to give to the Imperial authorities the most loyal and hearty co-operation in every movement for the maintenance of the integrity and the honour of the Empire.
Pagina 56 - I am inclined -to go further, and inquire whether all these objects would not more surely be attained, by extending this legislative union over all the British Provinces in North America ; and whether the advantages which I anticipate for two of them, might not, and should not in justice be extended over all. Such...
Pagina 204 - ... to a great extent lost. 3. Because it is essential to the continued national unity and development of Canada that no trade relations with any country should be agreed to by Canada on any basis which would check the growth and development of trade between the various parts of Canada with each other, or between' Canada and the various parts of the empire...
Pagina 25 - You may well say that, sir - but our night scenes far exceed those of the day. You would think they were incarnate devils; singing, drinking, dancing, shouting, and cutting antics that would surprise the leader of a circus. They have no shame -are under no restraint -nobody knows them here, and they think they can speak and act as they please; and they are such thieves that they rob one another of the little they possess. The healthy actually run the risk of taking the cholera by robbing the sick....
Pagina 204 - Canada's trade would have become so changed that a termination of the agreement and a return by the United States to a protective tariff as against Canada would cause a disturbance of trade to an unparalleled extent; and because the risk of this should not be voluntarily undertaken by Canada. (7) Because, to avoid such a disruption, Canada would be forced to extend the scope of the agreement so as to include manufactures and other things. (8) Because the agreement as proposed would weaken the ties...
Pagina 89 - Smith urged that it should be wholly regarded as outside party considerations » 90 and stated that nothing short of a guarantee from the Government of interest on the whole amount of the bonds could induce capitalists to embark in the enterprise.
Pagina 205 - Reciprocity which would naturally follow would still further weaken those ties and make it more difficult to avert political union with the United States.
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