Memoirs of the Right Honourable Sir John Alexander Macdonald, G. C. B , Vol. 1 of 2
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Excerpt from Memoirs of the Right Honourable Sir John Alexander Macdonald, G. C. B , Vol. 1 of 2: First Prime Minister of the Dominion of Canada It was more from his words and ways of late I had learned to fear, for it seemed to me that in some mysterious manner the veil of the great Hereafter was lifting for him, and that his tired eyes saw beyond it. In one of his rare intervals of leisure - sadly do I remember how difficult it was to find even a few unoccupied minutes for the purpose - I showed both these letters to Sir John, as I had shown others on the same subject received at intervals during the last ten years of our married life. I see my husband now as he spoke in answer, wearied and thoughtful on his return home at Ottawa from a long Cabinet meeting. "They must wait till I am dead," he said, slowly, "and then I think Joe shall write it." He thus spoke of Mr. Joseph Pope, his long-time private secretary and friend, who for more than ten years had been a frequent inmate of our house, for whom Sir John had a warm regard, in whose honesty of purpose and ability he had always great confidence, and to whom he spoke, I feel sure, as confidentially as so naturally reticent a man was ever able to speak to any other. "Yes," he repeated, "Joe shall write it; he knows more about me than any one else; and you, Agnes, shall help him. In accordance with the first part of this desire, so soon as it was possible for me to see him, I sent for Mr. Pope, and asked him as a personal favour to undertake the work. The second, alas, it was impossible to fulfil. Suffering, weakened, and unfit, it was then, and it has been ever since, not only impossible for me to add a line or word to them, but even to read over Mr. Pope´s pages, for which I now in this blind unusual manner venture to ask public attention. Having consented, not without many misgivings, to the preparation of these memoirs, Mr. Pope naturally asked for such material as I could furnish. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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