LE LONG DU SENTIER 



Province of Quebec is not among them. 

 Skirting discreetly the tangle of con- 

 troversy that lies in our way, let us leave 

 others, so minded, to reconcile or con- 

 trast the views of the Almighty and Mr. 

 Malthus. I only propose for myself a 

 couple of non-polemical observations 

 with respect to an existing situation and 

 its necessary sequel. In the command, 

 a sequence appears, the ideas march 

 logically, their order is not haphazard. 

 Nothing can be vainer than for a race to 

 contemplate the subdual of the earth, 

 or even the holding of a place won in it, 

 if the precedent condition be not com- 

 plied with. Accumulating wealth will 

 not avail if men decay. 



The mind can scarcely frame a better 

 wish for Canada, than that its people of 

 divers kindred should learn mutual 

 comprehension, how to appreciate 

 qualities they lack, and find excuse for 

 the defects of those qualities, cultivat- 

 ing steadfastly that facility for willing 



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