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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... light threaten- ing to break from the clouds . There is the cool fresh air blowing above . Which can conquer ? We 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 ...
... light threaten- ing to break from the clouds . There is the cool fresh air blowing above . Which can conquer ? We 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 ...
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... light of national history and continuity . " Thus his colonization schemes called for settlers from British countries . During his western tour he was pleasantly surprised at how well people from other countries had adapted to Canada ...
... light of national history and continuity . " Thus his colonization schemes called for settlers from British countries . During his western tour he was pleasantly surprised at how well people from other countries had adapted to Canada ...
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... light " wagon . A light wagon was lighter than a lumber wagon , but that's all you could say about it — it is like those histories which professors call " short " histories . They might have been longer . So away we went along the ...
... light " wagon . A light wagon was lighter than a lumber wagon , but that's all you could say about it — it is like those histories which professors call " short " histories . They might have been longer . So away we went along the ...
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... light or ventilation , like a medieval oubliette ; the henhouse , never cleaned and looking like a guano - deposit island off the coast of Chile , in which the hens lived if they could and froze dead if they couldn't ; the pigsties , on ...
... light or ventilation , like a medieval oubliette ; the henhouse , never cleaned and looking like a guano - deposit island off the coast of Chile , in which the hens lived if they could and froze dead if they couldn't ; the pigsties , on ...
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... light we had three or four coal - oil lamps , but being just from England , where they were unknown , we were afraid of them . We used candles made on the farm from tallow poured into a mould , guttering damn things , to be snuffed all ...
... light we had three or four coal - oil lamps , but being just from England , where they were unknown , we were afraid of them . We used candles made on the farm from tallow poured into a mould , guttering damn things , to be snuffed all ...
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