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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... moving , not sit on our hands because classical economics said that what was happening was all for the best . But again he warned of the danger of socialism , for the one truth that remained from Adam Smith was that " economic man ...
... moving , not sit on our hands because classical economics said that what was happening was all for the best . But again he warned of the danger of socialism , for the one truth that remained from Adam Smith was that " economic man ...
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... moving was a renewal of confidence and opti- mism . We were , he wrote in 1937 , " greatly adding to the burden of our world by our new mentality of distress . Anxiety is becoming a habit . " 45 He saw his humour as a means of lifting ...
... moving was a renewal of confidence and opti- mism . We were , he wrote in 1937 , " greatly adding to the burden of our world by our new mentality of distress . Anxiety is becoming a habit . " 45 He saw his humour as a means of lifting ...
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... moving forward into the mists of No Man's 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 ...
... moving forward into the mists of No Man's 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 ...
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