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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... wrote the medieval monks on the stone coffins of their dead . " Mine today , yours tomorrow . " " Your fate will be mine and your salvation shall be mine . " So we must plead unceasingly for an earnest sympathy with Europe , wiping out ...
... wrote the medieval monks on the stone coffins of their dead . " Mine today , yours tomorrow . " " Your fate will be mine and your salvation shall be mine . " So we must plead unceasingly for an earnest sympathy with Europe , wiping out ...
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... wrote " funny pieces " for money , but he was also very generous with his pen when he thought the cause worthy or the subject interesting . Sometimes Leacock seemed obsessed with the idea that he was writing against time in response to ...
... wrote " funny pieces " for money , but he was also very generous with his pen when he thought the cause worthy or the subject interesting . Sometimes Leacock seemed obsessed with the idea that he was writing against time in response to ...
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... wrote few essays in the 1920s , and when he returned to the genre in the mid - 1930s , his style had changed . In his earlier essays his sparkling wit , his deft turn of phrase , and his occasional whimsy had been moderated by a certain ...
... wrote few essays in the 1920s , and when he returned to the genre in the mid - 1930s , his style had changed . In his earlier essays his sparkling wit , his deft turn of phrase , and his occasional whimsy had been moderated by a certain ...
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... wrote about himself all his life . His early writings , like the hilarious autobiographical preface to Sunshine Sketches , use humour to conceal more than they reveal . Only in his late essays did he begin to write seriously about his ...
... wrote about himself all his life . His early writings , like the hilarious autobiographical preface to Sunshine Sketches , use humour to conceal more than they reveal . Only in his late essays did he begin to write seriously about his ...
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... wrote often about the virtues of being raised on a farm , the closeness to nature , the early rising , the physical labour . The farm was the great North American equalizer , where all the important men were poor 20 ON THE FRONT LINE OF ...
... wrote often about the virtues of being raised on a farm , the closeness to nature , the early rising , the physical labour . The farm was the great North American equalizer , where all the important men were poor 20 ON THE FRONT LINE OF ...
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