Excerpt from Canadian Nationalism I am a Canadian - Je suis um Canadien - let that, an echo from the strains Of Judge Routhier's noble patriotic song 0 Canada to which we' have just listened and which should be an inspiration to all Canadians, be the keynote of the few remarks that I shall make this evening. Allow me first, Mr. Chairman, to thank those who organized this gathering for their kindness in inviting me to be their guest and for the honor of responding tothe toast of Nos Confreres. As a newspaper man, proud of my profession and connected for many years with the press of the Dominion, I am one of yourselves. We have all, as neswpaper men, watched with interest the progress of your paper and We congratulate you upon the high position it has achieved within such a brief time and wish you the greatest possible success in the future. Personally I rejoice, as I shall always rejoice, to be present at a gathering of my French Canadian con freres because from them all I have received the most unbounded kindness and my small efforts to promote a better understanding between English speaking and French speaking Canadians, the most sympathetic appreciation for which I would take this 0p portunity of thanking them all'ffrom the bottom of my heart. That is one of the reasons why I am pleased to be here to-night. But there are other reasons. In the first place I am glad to be here because I was told that I Should not be here. The narrowness and prejudice of some otherwise very estimable people, Mr. Chair man, is inconceivable. And here it will be necessary to make some personal references; but if I make such references to-night, you will, I hope, understand that it is not 'in any spirit of egotism but simply because they are necessary as illustrative of my remarks. Some time ago, Mr. Chairman, I received a letter from my friend Mr. Newton mactavish, editor of the leading periodical published in the Dominion - the Canadian Magazine of Toronto asking me to write an article on the Nationalist movement, its aims and objects. In keeping with the high character and absolute independence of that great magazine I was supposed, of course, to make a perfectly fair and impartial presentation of the subject. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.