Rich By Nature, Poor By Policy' Might

Ottawa - A Sub-arctic Lumber-village Converted By Royal Mandate Into A Political Cockpit.

The Insular Arrogance Of The English Character Is A Commonplace Joke.

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?

But If Anyone Supposes That There Was No Commercial Fraud In The Middle Ages, Let Him Study The Commercial Legislation Of England For That Period, And His Mind Will Be Satisfied, If He Has A Mind To Be Satisfied And Not Only A Fancy To Run Away With Him.

The Novelist Must Look On Humanity Without Partiality Or Prejudice. His Sympathy, Like That Of The Historian, Must Be Unbounded, And Untainted By Sect Or Party.