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the French Canadians, in spite of all manner of obstacles thrown 

 in their way, have succeeded in having their own tongue placed on 

 an equal footing with ours in the Dominion Parliament and the 

 Supreme Court. 



I have not touched upon the influence of English upon the lan- 

 guage of the French Canadians in the New England States, where they 

 are placed under very different conditions to those which exist here. 

 The fact is, I have had neither time nor opportunity to gather many 

 facts bearing on the matter. From what Httle information I have been 

 able to obtain, it seems that, in many instances, the French Cana- 

 dian in the United States has become so far Americanized as even to 

 translate his name. Thus we find Lenoir, Leblanc, Lebrun, etc., 

 metamorphosed into Black, White, Brown, etc. 



I will close this paper with a quotation from Louis Frechette's 

 " Pele Mele," where he is speaking of Jolliet and the old French 

 pioneers who laid the foundations of civilization in our noble 

 Dominion : — 



" Et toi de ces heros ge'nereuse patrie, 

 Sol Canadien, quej' aime avec idolatrie, 



Dans r accomplissement de tous ces grands travaux 



Quand je pese la part que le ciel t' a donnee 



Les yeux sur 1' avenir, terre predestinee, 



T' ai foi dans tes destins nouveaux." 



