"The mighty and supreme Jesus, who was to transfigure all humanity by his divine wit and grace-this Jesus has flown."
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"Canada is said to have got its name from the two Spanish words aca and nada, signifying 'there is nothing here.'"
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"Who can doubt that between the English and the French, between the Scotch and the Irish, there are differences of character which have profoundly affected and still affect the course of history?"
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"Never had there been such an attempt to make conquest the servant of civilization. About keeping India there is no question. England has a real duty there."
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"In my youth,geology was nervously striving to accommodate itself to Genesis. Now it is Genesis that is striving to accommodate itself to geology."
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"Ancient history, besides the still unequalled excellence of the writers, is the best instrument for cultivating the historical sense."
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"Every one who has a heart, however ignorant of architecture he may be, feels the transcendent beauty and poetry of the mediaeval churches."
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"Rich by nature, poor by policy' might be written over Canada's door."
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"The father of confederation is deadlock."
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