Laurier, a Study in Canadian Politics

Laurier - A Study In Canadian Politics - BY J W. DAFOE - PREFACE - Official biographies of public men have their uses they supply material for the definitive biography which in the case of a great man is not likely to be written by one who knew him in the flesh. An English public man, who was also a novelist and poet, wrote Neer of the living can the living judge, Too blind the affection or too fresh the grudge. The limitation is equally true in the case of one like Sir Wilfrid Laurier who, though dead, will be a factor of moment in our politics for at least another generation.........