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documents as having been lost by negligence, and others by lire, patriotism advanced a 

 step by placing at the disposal of our historians so many original documents, which fill 

 up the gaps in our history, by seeking to spread a taste for research, by bringing to light 

 the beauties of the past to adorn the M'ritings of the present." And it surely was progress 

 worthy of the admiration of Canadian and foreigner alike. 



Sec. II., 1885. 9. 



