The flood of tide is upon us that leads on to fortune; if we let it pass it may never recur again. If we let it pass, the voyage of our national life, bright as it is to-day, will be bound in shallows. We cannot wait, because time does not wait... Life and Letters of Sir Wilfrid Laurier - Page 191by Oscar Douglas Skelton - 1921Full view - About this book
| Canada. Parliament. House of Commons - Canada - 1904 - 1064 pages
...answer la : No, this is not a time for deliberation ; this is a time for action. The flood of tide is upon us that leads on to fortune ; if we let it...of wonderful development, time lost is doubly lost. Mr. Speaker, I would like to inquire in view of that language of my right hon. friend how it is that... | |
| Canada. Parliament. House of Commons - Canada - 1914 - 1102 pages
...fortune ; if we let it pass It may never recur again. I presume he did not want the fortune to pass. If we let it pass, the voyage of our national life,...in these days of wonderful development, time lost la doubly lost ; we cannot wait, because, at this moment there Is a transformation going on in the... | |
| Canada. Parliament. House of Commons - Canada - 1922 - 1184 pages
...we let it pass it may never recur again." What does the right hon. gentleman mean when he says : " If we let it pass the voyage of our national life,...bright as it is to-day, will be bound in shallows." What does the right hon. gentleman mean when he says : " We cannot wait because time does not wait."... | |
| Canada. Parliament. House of Commons - Canada - 1909 - 1204 pages
...not a time for deliberation, this is a time for action. The now of the tide is upon us that leads us to fortune; if we let it pass it may never recur again....shallows. We cannot wait, because time does not wait. The right hon. gentleman proceeds: i Such is our duty, it is immediate and imperative. It is not of... | |
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