Life and Letters of Sir Wilfrid Laurier, Volume 1Century Company, 1922 - Literary Criticism |
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Page 40
... railway centre of the district , became in time the chief business town , Mr. Laurier con- cluded that his law practice would flourish more securely in the judicial centre or chef lieu of the district , St. Christophe , or , as it was ...
... railway centre of the district , became in time the chief business town , Mr. Laurier con- cluded that his law practice would flourish more securely in the judicial centre or chef lieu of the district , St. Christophe , or , as it was ...
Page 46
... railway bound them . Until well on in the Union period , each section had closer relations with the adjoining states than with its sister provinces -Upper Canada with " York " State , Lower Canada with New Hampshire and Vermont , and ...
... railway bound them . Until well on in the Union period , each section had closer relations with the adjoining states than with its sister provinces -Upper Canada with " York " State , Lower Canada with New Hampshire and Vermont , and ...
Page 53
... temperament and interest . New economic issues , canal and railway projects , tax and tariff questions , forced new alignments . The outcome was curiously parallel to the reorganization of parties which was 53 THE POLITICAL SCENE.
... temperament and interest . New economic issues , canal and railway projects , tax and tariff questions , forced new alignments . The outcome was curiously parallel to the reorganization of parties which was 53 THE POLITICAL SCENE.
Page 76
... railway development and general economic expansion counted for much in bringing the two races together . Yet there remained two seemingly insuperable obstacles to harmony - the system of government and the colonial status . So long as ...
... railway development and general economic expansion counted for much in bringing the two races together . Yet there remained two seemingly insuperable obstacles to harmony - the system of government and the colonial status . So long as ...
Page 106
... railway , but whether little or much was at stake , Mr. Laurier greatly enjoyed the grappling of minds , and the jousting in the court- room . Fees were not high : it was ten years before his income rose to two thousand a year , and the ...
... railway , but whether little or much was at stake , Mr. Laurier greatly enjoyed the grappling of minds , and the jousting in the court- room . Fees were not high : it was ten years before his income rose to two thousand a year , and the ...
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