By Alan Bowker
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The vast distances, the immense resources, and the boundless energy of Canada — "shovelling up mountains, floating in the sky to look for gold, and finding still the Star of Empire in the West" — had an attraction that older civilizations could never offer. "Thank you, Mother England," he concluded, "I don't think I'll 'come home'. ) Though Canada was home, Leacock's vision of Canada was firmly British. He believed that the British and "northern" peoples were best suited to colonize the temperate regions and govern the world, because of their experience — bred in the bone over two thousand years — of liberty, good government, and the impulse to exploration and adventure.
He needed to appeal to the spirit, to the common sense of the educated ordinary person. He could no longer be both a serious scholar and a popular writer. What he chose after his retirement was the role of sage, still proud to be called "professor" but increasingly determined to reach the public through essays, lectures, newspaper interviews, and commentary — to explain complex issues, to build confidence, to "start something," but above all to guard against extremes. VI Leacock's concern about the Depression was intertwined with his concern for Canada, its future, its place within the British Empire, and its partnership with the United States.
Few who read these essays will not learn something new, be entertained, be frustrated, be angry, be moved, but in any case know that this is a man who has something to say, someone whose company they would enjoy. " With that confidence and with the strength and wisdom revealed in these essays, he confronts his doubts and prepares for his walk into the unknown. "Give me my stick," he growls. "I'm going out on to No Man's Land. ) CHRONOLOGY 1869 Leacock is born in Swanmore, Hants, England, the third child of Peter Leacock and Agnes Butler Leacock, They have recently failed at farming in South Africa.