Vincent Massey quotes

In opening and conquering a country great and wild and rich - a country indeed not yet fully known or conquered - we have still to learn more about ourselves and each other. (Vincent Massey)
We are not born of the passions of war or of the fervours of revolution. And we grew quietly into the realization that, set as we are in a great wide land, with all our differences, there are certain traditions and ideals which we had in common, and which could best be preserved in a distinct society of our own. View quote
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History is the necessary food of good and noble sentiments. It ought to give us at once humility and confidence in the face of greatness. View quote
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How great a quality is horse sense! Someone has defined it as that something which keeps horses from betting on men! View quote
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Technology has been defined, perhaps a little ungenerously, as "a long Greek name for a bag of tools." View quote
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Canada is not a melting-pot. Canada is an association of peoples who have, and cherish, great differences but who work together because they can respect themselves and each other. View quote
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We can best serve the cause of Canadian unity and understanding by living first in and through and then beyond our own immediate traditions. View quote
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The age which we live in is not suited to idle complacency or to pleasant dreams of past greatness. View quote
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The great menace of civilization in the present is that we offer an education with too little regard for the roots. View quote
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I have had what might be called a post graduate course in the most important subject for all Canadians - Canada itself. View quote
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The neglect of the humanities in present-day education is doubtless not a cause but a symptom of an age. (Vincent Massey)
It would be foolish and wrong to ignore the fact that all our universities today tread a very dangerous path. Increasingly, they are accepting government money because they are doing things that government wants done. How great a peril is this in a democracy? View quote
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In fact, in the far North one sees the northern lights facing south! View quote
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Truth must the guide of those who hold the power; but humility is their sign, the promise that their privileges are in safe hands. View quote
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It is the University's function to turn out well-balanced persons with an understanding of themselves and of their place in life. View quote
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Old wives' tales are not enough in a day when old wives and old men, too, are constantly moving away from their labours. View quote
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Rational comprehension of the universe is not enough. We must call to our aid not merely reason, but the vision and the spiritual insight of the ages. These things we must seek. View quote
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We must pass through the barriers of language and race, of geography and religion, of custom and tradition and we must build on a common foundation. View quote
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It is worthy of notice that many of this generation, fed on text-books, on anthologies and on abstracts, cannot read. View quote
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This visit "north of 60" was to complete what might be called at least a preliminary survey. I arrived here and realized that my survey had hardly begun. View quote
Vincent Massey

Vincent Massey

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Occupation: General
Born: February 20, 1887
Died: December 30, 1967
Quotes count: 20
Wikipedia: Vincent Massey

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