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Excerpt from Biography of the Hon. W. H, Merritt, M. P: Of Lincoln, District of Niagara, Including an Account of the Origin, Progress and Completion of Some of the Most Important Public Works in Canada, Compiled Principally From His Original Diary and Correspondence It is not without many misgivings that the following pages are now submitted to the people of Canada. Although we cannot but hope that to the student of our country's history, they may in some respects be found interesting, and to the general public, entertaining, as an attempt to pourtray the numerous characters in which a public man, rising among his fellows, may find himself placed during his role as an actor in connection with the events of his time. Yet the position of the Biographer, as a near relative, may, in many instances be construed into that of an egotist, where nothing of the kind was intended. For this reason, and to the best of our ability in endeavouring to sink the individuality of relationship, we have sought only to place the character of our subject in the position, we have every reason to think, it should occupy, i. e., as a sincere and ardent lover of his country, and a statesman, as far as his limited abilities permitted. As a country, the position of Canada is a peculiar one, with all the adjuncts of a great nation, with resources unbounded, and the necessary intelligence to use them, it cannot be denied that it has not kept pace with other sections of the same family on this continent, nor acquired the respect which after 100 years of endeavour, it should now command. We believe this to be no mere idle assertion, and although it is not our province to investigate the cause, yet if we can in the following pages shew that there was one at least who loved his country and longed for its prosperity, our work will not be in vain. That our subject during a long and eventful career, tried to place his own country and its interests, always first in every consideration, will be found amply illustrated within, and although from time honoured traditions he loved Britain with a Briton's love, yet he loved Canada more, nor was his devotion a mere sentiment, as in no instance can we find that he ever was willing to place his own land in a secondary position to any other; by a trifling transposition of the sentence we might justly say with Macauley in his eulogy on the illustrious Pitt, that he loved Canada, "as an Athenian loved the city of the violet crown - as a Roman loved the 'Maxima rerum Roma.'" 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
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