The Province of Quebec, Its History, and Its People
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| Hersteller: | Forgotten Books (McAleer, George) |
| Stand: | 2015-08-04 03:50:33 |
Produktbeschreibung
Excerpt from The Province of Quebec, Its History, and Its People: A Paper Read Before the Associate Board of Trinity College, Worcester, Mass;, Monday Evening, Dec; 14, 1903 Despite the works of History, the labors of Historical Societies, hand books of travel, the army of summer tourists, and the wonderful enterprise of the newspaper world, the old saying that "not one-half of the world knows how the other half lives" is almost as true today as it was in the distant past. Stretching away to the north of the New England States and beyond is the Province of Quebec, a country that is a veritable terra incognita to the great majority of their neighbors to the south, the people of the United States. To the great majority of these the name recalls only a very limited territory where winter reigns during the greater part of the year, devoid of interest, and peopled with an unprogressive if not a very inferior race - a downtrodden people whose rights are denied them by an exacting and oppressive government beyond the seas. A little time given to a consideration of this portion of the western hemisphere - its extent, physical characteristics, history, and the everyday life of the people - may not be without interest and value while serving to make neighbors better acquainted with each other and appreciated. A little reflection and thoughtful consideration will also teach lessons of toleration and justice to the residents and law-making powers in the United States, the boasted land of "freedom, equal rights and justice," but where in many things these high sounding and seductive claims are not so happily exemplified as in the less pretentious Country north of the forty-fifth parallel of latitude. Within the bounds of the Province of Quebec is embraced a territory many times larger than all New England, a territory rich and varied in scenic beauty and grandly picturesque. 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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