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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Page 10
... don't know . You and I and all of us if we live a few years will know of wonderful happenings in the world , for the path has got to be made straight or the path will lead over the abyss . The problem cannot wait . It has grown too ...
... don't know . You and I and all of us if we live a few years will know of wonderful happenings in the world , for the path has got to be made straight or the path will lead over the abyss . The problem cannot wait . It has grown too ...
Page 28
... welfare , but not socialism , which would work only " in Heaven where they don't need it , or in Hell where they have it already . " ( See page 142. ) Leacock nailed his colours to the mast in the essay 28 ON THE FRONT LINE OF LIFE.
... welfare , but not socialism , which would work only " in Heaven where they don't need it , or in Hell where they have it already . " ( See page 142. ) Leacock nailed his colours to the mast in the essay 28 ON THE FRONT LINE OF LIFE.
Page 35
... don't think I'll ' come home ' . I'm ' home ' now . " ( See page 179. ) Though Canada was home , Leacock's vision of Canada was firmly British . He believed that the British and " northern " peoples were best suited to colonize the ...
... don't think I'll ' come home ' . I'm ' home ' now . " ( See page 179. ) Though Canada was home , Leacock's vision of Canada was firmly British . He believed that the British and " northern " peoples were best suited to colonize the ...
Page 49
... don't remember . But , as we were presently to learn , the " Twenty - fourth " was at that time the great Upper Canada summer holiday of the year ; Dominion Day was still too new to have got set . There wasn't any Labour Day or any ...
... don't remember . But , as we were presently to learn , the " Twenty - fourth " was at that time the great Upper Canada summer holiday of the year ; Dominion Day was still too new to have got set . There wasn't any Labour Day or any ...
Page 54
... don't think any of us under fifty wore spectacles ; just as the ill - cooked food of the farm , the heavy doughy bread , the awful pork and pickles should have ruined our digestions but couldn't . Boys on the farm who go after the ...
... don't think any of us under fifty wore spectacles ; just as the ill - cooked food of the farm , the heavy doughy bread , the awful pork and pickles should have ruined our digestions but couldn't . Boys on the farm who go after the ...
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