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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... questions of whose are the honour and whose the guilt of the late war , remembering not the brutality , but only the bright pages of the heroism , the golden pages that open in either direction , pages that open as well for our so ...
... questions of whose are the honour and whose the guilt of the late war , remembering not the brutality , but only the bright pages of the heroism , the golden pages that open in either direction , pages that open as well for our so ...
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... question Leacock's story that E.P. lived comfortably in a monastery after his return to England , a family member says that he also had inherited money . ' The last we hear of him is an exchange of letters in 1926 with J.W. Dafoe , then ...
... question Leacock's story that E.P. lived comfortably in a monastery after his return to England , a family member says that he also had inherited money . ' The last we hear of him is an exchange of letters in 1926 with J.W. Dafoe , then ...
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... questions of life . He prided himself on his knowledge and his ability to express complex ideas in a clear and entertaining way . His essays never talked down to his readers , whom he saw as intelligent people who shared his curiosity ...
... questions of life . He prided himself on his knowledge and his ability to express complex ideas in a clear and entertaining way . His essays never talked down to his readers , whom he saw as intelligent people who shared his curiosity ...
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... questions of the early twentieth century . Nor did he or most of his colleagues see it as unusual that Leacock chose to reach a wide audience rather than confine himself to academic journals . His conviction , that the professor's ...
... questions of the early twentieth century . Nor did he or most of his colleagues see it as unusual that Leacock chose to reach a wide audience rather than confine himself to academic journals . His conviction , that the professor's ...
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... question of immediate self - gov- ernment . Leacock's views , founded on " scientific " beliefs widespread in his younger days , all too easily shaded over into prejudice and stereotype . Canada was fortunate to be part of the British ...
... question of immediate self - gov- ernment . Leacock's views , founded on " scientific " beliefs widespread in his younger days , all too easily shaded over into prejudice and stereotype . Canada was fortunate to be part of the British ...
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