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Rowell, The Hon. N.W., The Empire Club of Canada Addresses (Toronto, Canada: The Empire Club of Canada, 1926), 26 Mar 1925, 154-166     Asking about the public opinion in Canada in reference to the Protocol, one of the most important documents dealing with the peace and security of the world which any government or people has ever be

McMurray, Hon. Edward J., The Empire Club of Canada Addresses (Toronto, Canada: The Empire Club of Canada, 1926), 2 Apr 1925, 167-179     This speech was preceded by a few moments of silence as a tribute to the memory of the man whose life was the subject of the day's address. The speaker's endeavour, by quotation from his poems and hi

Doolittle, Dr. Perry E., The Empire Club of Canada Addresses (Toronto, Canada: The Empire Club of Canada, 1926), 12 Mar 1925, 133-140     Promoting a better understanding between the various sections of the far-flung Dominion. Taking to the highway to come into intimate contact with the citizens of any particular part. Creating unity w

Barbeau, Marcus, The Empire Club of Canada Addresses (Toronto, Canada: The Empire Club of Canada, 1926), 9 Apr 1925, 180-196     The speaker is accompanied by Phileas Bedard, who provides vocal illustrations. The spread of modern American culture. Our fundamental belief that we are the masterpiece of creation. Study and docume

Snyder, Frederick Merle, The Empire Club of Canada Addresses (Toronto, Canada: The Empire Club of Canada, 1926), 16 Apr 1925, 197-206     Some observations by the speaker about what he sees happening in Germany today. Some of the things that have caused momentous happenings in Germany. First, paying respect to the men who have made it

Fosdick, Harry Emerson, The Empire Club of Canada Addresses (Toronto, Canada: The Empire Club of Canada, 1926), 27 Apr 1925, 207-219     This meeting held in conjunction with the League of nations Society in Canada. The speaker's statement of the deepest and most critical problem facing the world today: "Either we are going to get the

Sclater, Dr. J.R.P., The Empire Club of Canada Addresses (Toronto, Canada: The Empire Club of Canada, 1926), 23 Apr 1925, 220-233     The differing physical beauty of both Britain and Canada. A description of Britain through the eyes of the speaker. The wildness of Britain, particularly of Scotland. Cricket, and what that game mean

Sandwell, Professor Bernard K., The Empire Club of Canada Addresses (Toronto, Canada: The Empire Club of Canada, 1926), 3 Dec 1925, 364-375     A discussion of the results—economic, social and political—of the vastly increased mobility of the common people. What the speaker means by "common people." The text from which the speaker addresses

Lindsay, Vachel, The Empire Club of Canada Addresses (Toronto, Canada: The Empire Club of Canada, 1926), 10 Dec 1925, 376-388     Some personal observations and reminiscences. The speaker performed, chanting a poem about Palestine, and the audience was asked to join in after each verse with the refrain, "Old John Brown." The sp

McLaurin, Rev. John Bates, The Empire Club of Canada Addresses (Toronto, Canada: The Empire Club of Canada, 1926), 8 Jan 1925, 1-14     Some of the great problems upon which the peace of the world rests, and which cannot be solved elsewhere than the British Empire. The relationship of the East and West. The speaker's personal recolle

Foster, Sir George E., The Empire Club of Canada Addresses (Toronto, Canada: The Empire Club of Canada, 1926), 15 Jan 1925, 15-30     The ties of Empire. A discussion of the term "Empire" and substitutions for it. The danger of taking the Empire for granted; of not being awake to the changes that have taken place and are taking pla

McCrimmon, Dr. A.L., The Empire Club of Canada Addresses (Toronto, Canada: The Empire Club of Canada, 1926), 22 Jan 1925, 31-42     A discussion of the speaker's thesis that whatever may come out of the treaty and covenant of the League of nations, if we can avert misunderstanding between the two great branches of the English-spe

Snowden, Mrs. Philip, The Empire Club of Canada Addresses (Toronto, Canada: The Empire Club of Canada, 1926), 31 Jan 1925, 43-58     Removing misunderstandings about the association of the British Labour Movement with the Bolshevik Party of Russia, as heard by the speaker in this country. The difference between cheese and chalk no

Kornfeld, Rabbi Joseph S., The Empire Club of Canada Addresses (Toronto, Canada: The Empire Club of Canada, 1926), 6 Feb 1925, 59-63     The rather disappointing after-effects of the World War. The productive result of the contact into which the nations were brought through it. The speaker's hopefulness of the blessings that will resu

MacNeill, Reverend John, The Empire Club of Canada Addresses (Toronto, Canada: The Empire Club of Canada, 1926), 12 Feb 1925, 64-79     A biography of Abraham Lincoln. The beginning and the close of Lincoln's life, coincident with the two great political upheavals of the nineteenth century. Jefferson's framing of the Constitution of

Reed, T.A., The Empire Club of Canada Addresses (Toronto, Canada: The Empire Club of Canada, 1926), 19 Feb 1925, 80-96     A few points out of the many that in one way or another have an important bearing upon the story of the foundation and development of the community of Toronto. Getting a glimpse of the humble beginni

Grier, Wyly; Jackson, A.Y., The Empire Club of Canada Addresses (Toronto, Canada: The Empire Club of Canada, 1926), 26 Feb 1925, 97-113     Mr. Wyly Grier: The object of the day's addresses that of uniting, or re-uniting the forces of art in Canada, the strengthening of whatever unity exists, and the preventing of anything that looks lik

Zimmern, Professor Albert, The Empire Club of Canada Addresses (Toronto, Canada: The Empire Club of Canada, 1926), 5 Mar 1925, 114-132     A reversal from the speaker's last address in Toronto three years ago with regard to the best hope for the permanent reconstruction of Europe after the war, and for establishing the results of that p

Currie, General Sir Arthur, The Empire Club of Canada Addresses (Toronto, Canada: The Empire Club of Canada, 1926), 19 Mar 1925, 141-153     Some sure and tested tricks or methods of overcoming fear in the individual or in the group. Speaking not of war but of peace. Speaking not of Europe but of Canada. The irony that one should have to

Ware, Major-General Sir Fabian, The Empire Club of Canada Addresses (Toronto, Canada: The Empire Club of Canada, 1926), 20 Oct 1925, 283-294     How, in building up the Imperial War-Graves Commission, we have really done something useful in regard to Imperial co-operation. Canada's devotion and dedication to the British Commonwealth of Nation