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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... better . The place was Ardtrea , Ontario , on Lake Couchiching . Stephen Jr. was dressed in pyjamas and a dressing gown , recovering but fragile - in fact he died of a heart attack only a few years later . As a research exercise it was ...
... better . The place was Ardtrea , Ontario , on Lake Couchiching . Stephen Jr. was dressed in pyjamas and a dressing gown , recovering but fragile - in fact he died of a heart attack only a few years later . As a research exercise it was ...
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... better . Leacock hoped that R.B. Bennett would lead the Conservative Party in a progressive direction and he strongly supported the " Bennett New Deal . " 49 But Bennett fumbled the chance to get meaningful imperial preferences at the ...
... better . Leacock hoped that R.B. Bennett would lead the Conservative Party in a progressive direction and he strongly supported the " Bennett New Deal . " 49 But Bennett fumbled the chance to get meaningful imperial preferences at the ...
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... better men or they'd never some back . " ( See page 179. ) For Canada there was comfort in the security of North America . " East and west are the two oceans far away ; we are backed up against the ice cap of the pole ; our feet rest on ...
... better men or they'd never some back . " ( See page 179. ) For Canada there was comfort in the security of North America . " East and west are the two oceans far away ; we are backed up against the ice cap of the pole ; our feet rest on ...
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... better people and a better world . As he told a Vancouver audience , “ human love and human kindness are of far more importance in the world than all the talks and the works of the politicians . Instead of all the academic talk about ...
... better people and a better world . As he told a Vancouver audience , “ human love and human kindness are of far more importance in the world than all the talks and the works of the politicians . Instead of all the academic talk about ...
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... better " class but not good enough to stay at home , which takes money . With them came adherents and servants and immigrants at large , but all good people in the decent sense of the word , as were all the people round our old farm no ...
... better " class but not good enough to stay at home , which takes money . With them came adherents and servants and immigrants at large , but all good people in the decent sense of the word , as were all the people round our old farm no ...
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