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years ago, said in his subsequent lectures on the Canadian 

 North-west: "You note the class of men going in there — that 

 means brains; you see the endless grain-lands — they mean 

 wealth; you mark those long winter evenings — ^these mean time 

 to think. There is a rare combination: brains, wealth, and 

 time to think. I tell you there are great things coming out of 

 the Canadian North-west. Keep your eye on Winnipeg." 



Finally, if those who decry this Land of Promise would go to 

 Europe and see there how much farther north, climatically, the 

 arid soil is made to support a large population, they would 

 quickly change their minds and see in their true light the pos- 

 sibilities of these fertile wooded plains. And they would be 

 fortified in their new view by remembering that the words used 

 to-day by those who condemn the Peace River, are the same as 

 those used one hundred years ago to decry the Ontario Peninsula, 

 and thirty years ago to condemn those parts of the North-west 

 that are now producing the finest grain in the world. 



