Colombo's All-Time Great Canadian Quotations [antikvár]

PREFACE Colombo's All-Time Great Canadian Quotations is, as its title states, the compiler's selection of the great or essential quotations connected with Canada. The selection consists of 600 essential or basic quotations that effectively dramatize the history of Canada and the development of its society and its people. The arrangement of the quotations is chronological, although within any particular year the arrangement may be somewhat modified from time to time. The aim has been to present an overall chronology to illustrate the country's emergence from the land, the dawning of a national awareness, and the characteristics of the Canadian people. This book is the first dictionary of Canadian quotations to have a chronological arrangement. That is its first distinction. Its second is that there is a commentary for each quotation. The commentaries are necessarily concise, yet each identifies the contributor of the quotation, places the quotation in its context, delivers information on its source, and not infrequently offers an allied remark by an associated contributor. Access to all the contributors is provided by the index, which is arranged by contributor and gives a précis of all the contributions. The 600 quotations in the collection are augmented by close to 200 additional quotations that are included in passing in the commentaries. To some extent, the selection of the quotations represents the personal opinions of the compiler. Certainly, no two compilers would ever produce identical selections. Yet the majority of the selections would likely appear in any informed person's list. There are probably 200 quotations that are so important, so interesting, so memorable—and, possibly, so familiar—that they should be on everyone's lips if not in the back of everyone's mind. They should be our famous lasting words. It is hoped that this book will contribute to the task of reminding readers and researchers of these