Résultats

 Bell, Professor Alexander, The Empire Club of Canada Addresses (Toronto, Canada: The Empire Club of Canada, 1919), 1 Nov 1917, 1-13     A reasonably definite date of the conception of the telephone somewhere in the summer of 1874 in Brantford, Ontario. The speaker's activities at the time. Recalling the circumstances under which the speaker first talked about his invention with his father. Drawings of the telephone's first conception by friends of the …

 Squair, Professor John, The Empire Club of Canada Addresses (Toronto, Canada: The Empire Club of Canada, 1917), 4 Jan 1917, 351-359     Some personal reminiscences of Paris and the first time the speaker saw it. The Place de la Concorde then and now, and what it means to the French people and nation. Getting an impression of the artistic side of the French character. This beautiful space not an accident but the …

 McArthur, Peter, The Empire Club of Canada Addresses (Toronto, Canada: The Empire Club of Canada, 1917), 11 Jan 1917, 360-370     The foundations of Canada laid by wise, poor men, and their names are forgotten. The real work of making Canada a part of the Empire the work that was done by the plain people. The story of the settling of the Canadian wilderness. The incredible hardships faced to make the …

 Rowell, N.W., The Empire Club of Canada Addresses (Toronto, Canada: The Empire Club of Canada, 1917), 18 Jan 1917, 371-388     Britain's effort; the part which the United Kingdom itself has played in this great war struggle. The question which British statesmen had to face in the early stages of the war: "how could the free, peace-loving, commercial democracy of Great Britain be transformed into a powerful and effective fighting organization …

 Gordon, Rev. Major C.W., The Empire Club of Canada Addresses (Toronto, Canada: The Empire Club of Canada, 1917), 25 Jan 1917, 389-405     A consideration of whether the time has come when we might suggest a pause for a conference, or whether we must abandon all ideas of conference or suggestions of peace, and give ourselves heart and soul and body to a more vigorous and more relentless prosecution of the war. "Shall …

 Willison, W.A., The Empire Club of Canada Addresses (Toronto, Canada: The Empire Club of Canada, 1917), 1 Feb 1917, 406-416     First, a word on censorship of official secrets during wartime. Learning something in a two-and-a-half year stay in London. The generous praise of the Canadians in England. The speaker's position as representative of his paper in London. Finding the whole nation straining to expedite its war mobilization. London, personifying the …

 Englehart, J.L., The Empire Club of Canada Addresses (Toronto, Canada: The Empire Club of Canada, 1917), 8 Feb 1917, 417-430     The 330,000 square miles which is the northern portion of the 400,000 square miles of Greater Ontario. "Within that zone there is not alone happiness, which is the cardinal principle, but there is an assurance of a homestead to everyone who is prepared to undertake to do the work. The …

 Baker, Professor Alfred, The Empire Club of Canada Addresses (Toronto, Canada: The Empire Club of Canada, 1917), 15 Feb 1917, 431-447     The extent and importance of the Spanish-speaking world. Some words on Spanish history, literature and language, the Spain of today and travel in it. First, a list of the reasons why the speaker believes the Spanish world will grow in interest to us, with accompanying discussion. Off with Germany and …

 Gould, B. Apthorp, The Empire Club of Canada Addresses (Toronto, Canada: The Empire Club of Canada, 1917), 22 Feb 1917, 448-462     No question that for the first few months Canada has been faltering in the matter of military assistance. The question now whether Canada is to come forward again with renewed vigour, or is to consider her part in the war completed. Canada in the war to ensure to the very …

 Eaton, Rev. Charles Aubrey, The Empire Club of Canada Addresses (Toronto, Canada: The Empire Club of Canada, 1917), 1 Mar 1917, 463-474     Ways in which this war has cast a searing light into the souls of the nations. Revelations about Germany, England, and this beautiful Canada of ours. Our heroic Canadian boys. Three great fundamental facts concerning the general history of mankind, revealed through the war: that democracy is the ultimate end …

 McCallum, Professor A.B., The Empire Club of Canada Addresses (Toronto, Canada: The Empire Club of Canada, 1917), 8 Mar 1917, 475-490     Functions and aims of the Canadian Research Council (CRC). Other research councils that had been established and active in promoting their objects before the CRC was founded. The CRC not called into existence too soon or too late. Ways in which that is so. The Council, which began its existence …

 Riddell, The Honourable William Renwick, The Empire Club of Canada Addresses (Toronto, Canada: The Empire Club of Canada, 1917), 15 Mar 1917, 491-505     The self-exhibition of the Prussian mind made in several books recommended to the author by a now deceased German to the speaker, regarding the causes of the war. Comments based upon the reading recommended by the speaker's German acquaintance. The speaker as a Judge, trying to enter into the mind …

 Johnston, E.F.B., The Empire Club of Canada Addresses (Toronto, Canada: The Empire Club of Canada, 1917), 22 Mar 1917, 506-516     An explanation, in a simple, connected sort of way about the Kaiser, and why he acts as he does, and the manner of man he is and evidently shows himself to be. The Kaiser's building of a navy that would at least math, if not conquer, the British navy and …

 Lash, Z.A., The Empire Club of Canada Addresses (Toronto, Canada: The Empire Club of Canada, 1917), 29 Mar 1917, 517-528     A submission by the speaker, a legal argument for his proposition with regard to Canada's status within the Empire and the part she can play in determining her foreign affairs. Great Britain as the nation of the Empire. Canada's lack of autonomy over her own affairs, having no status as …

 Mavor, Professor James, The Empire Club of Canada Addresses (Toronto, Canada: The Empire Club of Canada, 1917), 5 Apr 1917, 529-537     The meagre news from Russia. Our inability to ascertain the reasons for some events, or the somewhat complicated causes which have produced them. The obvious fact that the causes of the revolution must have been very complicated, and that the events did not take place as a result merely of …

 Cameron, Lieut.-Col. Sir Douglas, The Empire Club of Canada Addresses (Toronto, Canada: The Empire Club of Canada, 1917), 12 Apr 1917, 538-544     The speaker's purpose "to make some reference to the country in which we live, its resources and potential wealth, so that we may feel called upon here and now to make the greatest sacrifices that Britons have ever made; and theirs is a history of devotion and sacrifice for the …

 Allan, J.D., The Empire Club of Canada Addresses (Toronto, Canada: The Empire Club of Canada, 1917), 19 Apr 1917, 545-551     Forming a perspective of Russia only by a series of visit in order to do that country justice. A physical description of Russia. Russia as a land of contradictions. Population makeup and figures. Scientific research as the Russians have adopted it in agriculture something that we must copy. The remarkable …

 Van Koughnet, Mrs. Arthur, The Empire Club of Canada Addresses (Toronto, Canada: The Empire Club of Canada, 1917), 26 Apr 1917, 552-558     His Honour Sir John Hendrie, Lady Hendrie, and Representatives of Women's Work being present as guests. Ways in which these years are women's years. The men and women of Canada answering the call of August, 1914 in a way which has left no doubt in the mind of the Mother …

 Pidgeon, Rev. G.C., The Empire Club of Canada Addresses (Toronto, Canada: The Empire Club of Canada, 1917), 10 May 1917, 559-569     The difficulty of reproducing Eastern in Western Canada. The effect of the East on the West: there are entirely new elements entering into the life of that country. The influences of the land itself, the mountains and the valleys of the interior of British Columbia bringing up a proud and …

 Rathom, John R., The Empire Club of Canada Addresses (Toronto, Canada: The Empire Club of Canada, 1917), 15 Jun 1917, 570-587     The machinery of the United States, a little to get into motion, is in motion, and the statement made by the President true: that the United States is in this thing to her last dollar and her last drop of blood. Stories of the discovery of German espionage in the …