On the Front Line of Life: Stephen Leacock : Memories and Reflections, 1935-1944In the last decade of his life, Leacock turned to writing informal essays that blended humour with a conversational style and ripened wisdom to address the issues he cared about most - education, literature, economics, Canada and its place in the world - and to confront the joys and sorrows of his own life. With an introduction that sets them in the context of his life, thoughts and times, these essays reveal a passionate, intellegent, personal Leacock, against a backdrop of Depression and war, finding hope and conveying the timeless message that only the human spirit can bring social justice, peace, and progress. |
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... Political Science and his articles and historical books . He also made an early reputation as a public speaker with polemics such as his calls for imperial federation ( which led to his Empire tour in 1907-8 ) and in political speeches ...
... Political Science and his articles and historical books . He also made an early reputation as a public speaker with polemics such as his calls for imperial federation ( which led to his Empire tour in 1907-8 ) and in political speeches ...
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... political economy . The chapter on Winnipeg completes a circle by bringing together personal recollections of his boyhood with his sense of Canada's history and its future . This theme , as well as the British Empire , relations with ...
... political economy . The chapter on Winnipeg completes a circle by bringing together personal recollections of his boyhood with his sense of Canada's history and its future . This theme , as well as the British Empire , relations with ...
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... political economy to a level that qualified him for doctoral work , which meant two years of courses at Chicago ( “ a raw place " with a huge new graduate school but no student common facilities ) 24 followed by a rather thin thesis ...
... political economy to a level that qualified him for doctoral work , which meant two years of courses at Chicago ( “ a raw place " with a huge new graduate school but no student common facilities ) 24 followed by a rather thin thesis ...
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... Political Economy Department . Now , he instructs the imaginary projectionist of his life , " settle the film down to McGill University , and run it round and round as slowly as you like for thirty - six sessions --- college calling in ...
... Political Economy Department . Now , he instructs the imaginary projectionist of his life , " settle the film down to McGill University , and run it round and round as slowly as you like for thirty - six sessions --- college calling in ...
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... political economy . In Chicago at the turn of the century , Leacock absorbed the think- ing of the leading political economists of the " progressive era , " which he reflected in his Elements of Political Science ( 1906 ) . He rejected ...
... political economy . In Chicago at the turn of the century , Leacock absorbed the think- ing of the leading political economists of the " progressive era , " which he reflected in his Elements of Political Science ( 1906 ) . He rejected ...
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