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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... century later the memory of that evening at Ardtrea came back to me when I was asked to add a postscript to my introduc- tion to Stephen Leacock's Social Criticism , which was being republished after twenty - two years . I had been long ...
... century later the memory of that evening at Ardtrea came back to me when I was asked to add a postscript to my introduc- tion to Stephen Leacock's Social Criticism , which was being republished after twenty - two years . I had been long ...
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... century ; here and there profound depths disclose themselves below the surface and behind the mask . You never laugh in the wrong place ; where there is laughter , tears are not far away . " He expressed the hope that " one day you will ...
... century ; here and there profound depths disclose themselves below the surface and behind the mask . You never laugh in the wrong place ; where there is laughter , tears are not far away . " He expressed the hope that " one day you will ...
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... century . " This is merely silly , as is his frequent insistence that humour must be " kindly , " even though much of it isn't , and certainly his best wasn't . Indeed , he frequently quotes from W.S. Gilbert's Bab Ballads and Harry ...
... century . " This is merely silly , as is his frequent insistence that humour must be " kindly , " even though much of it isn't , and certainly his best wasn't . Indeed , he frequently quotes from W.S. Gilbert's Bab Ballads and Harry ...
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... 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 both extreme individualism and state socialism and ...
... 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 both extreme individualism and state socialism and ...
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... century of human progress it would now be possible to achieve " some part of all that has been dreamed in the age - long passion for social justice . " " The government of every country , " he concluded , " ought to supply work and pay ...
... century of human progress it would now be possible to achieve " some part of all that has been dreamed in the age - long passion for social justice . " " The government of every country , " he concluded , " ought to supply work and pay ...
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