History is the necessary food of good and noble sentiments. It ought to give us at once humility and confidence in the face of greatness.
We are not born of the passions of war or of the fervours of revolution. And we grew quietly into the realization that, set as we are in a great wide… - Vincent Massey
We are not born of the passions of war or of the fervours of revolution. And we grew quietly into the realization that, set as we are in a great wide…
- Vincent Massey
Truth must the guide of those who hold the power; but humility is their sign, the promise that their privileges are in safe hands. - Vincent Massey
Truth must the guide of those who hold the power; but humility is their sign, the promise that their privileges are in safe hands.
In fact, in the far North one sees the northern lights facing south! - Vincent Massey
In fact, in the far North one sees the northern lights facing south!
We can best serve the cause of Canadian unity and understanding by living first in and through and then beyond our own immediate traditions. - Vincent Massey
We can best serve the cause of Canadian unity and understanding by living first in and through and then beyond our own immediate traditions.
The neglect of the humanities in present-day education is doubtless not a cause but a symptom of an age. - Vincent Massey
The neglect of the humanities in present-day education is doubtless not a cause but a symptom of an age.
In opening and conquering a country great and wild and rich - a country indeed not yet fully known or conquered - we have still to learn more about o… - Vincent Massey
In opening and conquering a country great and wild and rich - a country indeed not yet fully known or conquered - we have still to learn more about o…
I have had what might be called a post graduate course in the most important subject for all Canadians - Canada itself. - Vincent Massey
I have had what might be called a post graduate course in the most important subject for all Canadians - Canada itself.
It is the University's function to turn out well-balanced persons with an understanding of themselves and of their place in life. - Vincent Massey
It is the University's function to turn out well-balanced persons with an understanding of themselves and of their place in life.
Old wives' tales are not enough in a day when old wives and old men, too, are constantly moving away from their labours. - Vincent Massey
Old wives' tales are not enough in a day when old wives and old men, too, are constantly moving away from their labours.
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