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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... Land of Dreams ( 1937 ) 14. I'll Stay in Canada ( 1936 ) 15. This International Stuff ( 1936 ) 113 123 129 143 153 165 175 181 16. Canada and the Monarchy ( 1939 ) 185 17. Bonds of Union ( 1940 ) 201 18. Paradise Lost ( 1936 ) 209 19 ...
... Land of Dreams ( 1937 ) 14. I'll Stay in Canada ( 1936 ) 15. This International Stuff ( 1936 ) 113 123 129 143 153 165 175 181 16. Canada and the Monarchy ( 1939 ) 185 17. Bonds of Union ( 1940 ) 201 18. Paradise Lost ( 1936 ) 209 19 ...
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... lands and sixty - four kilometres of track by 1887. He suffered financially with the collapse of the boom , and when Norquay's government fell in1887 and he lost his own seat the following year , his decline was assured . He campaigned ...
... lands and sixty - four kilometres of track by 1887. He suffered financially with the collapse of the boom , and when Norquay's government fell in1887 and he lost his own seat the following year , his decline was assured . He campaigned ...
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... land , love , and the family are perverted to their materialist ends , politics is a corrupt grab for place and profit , and the poor suffer invisibly in the slums below the hill . In The Unsolved Riddle Leacock took a more positive ...
... land , love , and the family are perverted to their materialist ends , politics is a corrupt grab for place and profit , and the poor suffer invisibly in the slums below the hill . In The Unsolved Riddle Leacock took a more positive ...
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... land- scape . " The answer , declared Leacock , was not laissez - faire but “ faire- faire ' ; not let things happen but ' make things happen ' . " ( See page 141. ) When we could not know what would work and what would not , we had to ...
... land- scape . " The answer , declared Leacock , was not laissez - faire but “ faire- faire ' ; not let things happen but ' make things happen ' . " ( See page 141. ) When we could not know what would work and what would not , we had to ...
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... Land , dropping one by one ( page 243 ) . He could finally face the disillusionment that is at the centre of humour . He used his own life to illustrate the dilemmas of a world that had moved in a gen- eration from backwoods isolation ...
... Land , dropping one by one ( page 243 ) . He could finally face the disillusionment that is at the centre of humour . He used his own life to illustrate the dilemmas of a world that had moved in a gen- eration from backwoods isolation ...
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