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Abbott, The Hon. Charles, The Empire Club of Canada Addresses (Toronto, Canada: The Empire Club Foundation, 1948), 11 Mar 1948, 285-298     Thinking too much about our problems and too little about our achievements; spending too much time in worrying and criticising and backbiting and not enough in constructive thinking and co-operative

Beck, Thomas H., The Empire Club of Canada Addresses (Toronto, Canada: The Empire Club Foundation, 1948), 22 Jan 1948, 195-208     Observations and impressions from the speaker's recent round-the-world flight by Pan-American Airways. Discouragement from what was seen in Britain because of the enormous difficulties under which th

Runney, Commander James Joseph (Gene), The Empire Club of Canada Addresses (Toronto, Canada: The Empire Club Foundation, 1948), 4 Mar 1948, 277-284     Some history of athletics and civilization. The importance of athletics. Origins of boxing. Acknowledging the contributions of the Greeks to making the athlete immortal in stone and bronze. The moder

Douglas, The Honourable T.C., The Empire Club of Canada Addresses (Toronto, Canada: The Empire Club Foundation, 1948), 22 Apr 1948, 364-379     The British Commonwealth of Nations as the greatest historical phenomenon of our time and probably of all time, made up of diverse peoples of many tongues, of many races, of many colours and of many

Orsborn, General Albert, The Empire Club of Canada Addresses (Toronto, Canada: The Empire Club Foundation, 1948), 5 May 1948, 398-413     A Salvation Army Officer's world outlook. Being known as the "Sally Annes" to the troops. Some anecdotes from the speaker's war work. Some reminiscences about life in London as a boy. The current sit

Hunt, Lawrence, The Empire Club of Canada Addresses (Toronto, Canada: The Empire Club Foundation, 1948), 20 Nov 1947, 117-124     The English-speaking nations as a family that help each other and stick together as a family should in the hour of need to keep from our door both the wolf and the bear. Not yet enjoying the fairer w

King-Hall, Commander Stephen (Retired), The Empire Club of Canada Addresses (Toronto, Canada: The Empire Club Foundation, 1948), 26 Feb 1948, 263-276     The idea of a United Europe as old as Europe itself. Some of the ideas that have been put out in the past. Some words from William Penn, writing in 1693. The terrible physical consequences of war tha

Jellett, Robert P., The Empire Club of Canada Addresses (Toronto, Canada: The Empire Club Foundation, 1948), 18 Mar 1948, 299-311     The importance in world affairs which is held by Canada as a substantial part of the British Empire. Public debt and taxation, with figures. The net debt of the Federal Government at March 31, 1939.

Armour, Major Stuart, The Empire Club of Canada Addresses (Toronto, Canada: The Empire Club Foundation, 1948), 29 Apr 1948, 383-397     Reference to the speaker's address of 18 months ago, entitled "Do We Face Ideological Conquest?" Now, an address concerned with "Where do we go from here?" or "Whither, then, are we headed?" A discus

Hoffman, Paul Gray, The Empire Club of Canada Addresses (Toronto, Canada: The Empire Club Foundation, 1948), 15 Jan 1948, 179-194     A sharing of the speaker's worries about the United States, justified by the interdependence of the economies of Canada and the U.S. The understatement that 1948 is a year of great crisis. The need t

Smith, Arthur Le Roy, The Empire Club of Canada Addresses (Toronto, Canada: The Empire Club Foundation, 1948), 11 Dec 1947, 157-170     The Geneva Trade Agreements. The accomplishment of 26 nations emerging from a meeting with an agreement. An agreement broadly based on there being no discriminations in trade between those 26 countri

Berkinshaw, R.C., The Empire Club of Canada Addresses (Toronto, Canada: The Empire Club Foundation, 1948), 27 Nov 1947, 125-142     Highlights of the journey of the Canadian Trade Mission, recently returned from a visit to South Africa. First, four pictures which have been projected upon the mind of the speaker as a result of thi