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Alexander Brodie emigrated from Scotland to what was then the British colony of Upper Canada-now Ontario-in the 1830s. In this fascinating memoir, written in the early years of the 20th century, Brodie describes life on what was still very much the frontier. Among the subjects described by Brodie are the Rebellion of 1837, making maple syrup in the bush, "Indian" raids, and, of course, the transatlantic crossing to Canada.John Steckley, anthro...
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Excerpt from The Bible and the CriticIn virtue of our wider knowledge, our truer perspective, and our more impartial and objective modes of thought, we can often solve Biblical problems to-day far more thoroughly and comprehensively than has ever been the case since the dawn of history. This may sound presumptuous, but it is better to be candid and face the facts than to assume an attitude of sanctimonious ignorance and morbidity, which is gen...
Excerpt from The Bible and the CriticIn virtue of our wider knowledge, our truer perspective, and our more impartial and objective modes of thought, we can often solve Biblical problems to-day far more thoroughly and comprehensively than has ever been the case since the dawn of history. This may sound presumptuous, but it is better to be candid and face the facts than to assume an attitude of sanctimonious ignorance and morbidity, which is gen...
Excerpt from The Diary of Alexander Brodie of Brodie: And of His Son, James Brodie of Brodie, Consisting of Extracts From the Existing Manuscripts, and a Republication of the Volume, Printed at Edinburgh in the Year 1740
Here it is proper to repeat, to prevent any feeling of disappointment, that the following Diary has no claim to be regarded as Historical: it properly belongs to the class of Religious Meditations, or in other words, of Spiri...
Excerpt from The Diary of Alexander Brodie of Brodie: And of His Son, James Brodie of Brodie, Consisting of Extracts From the Existing Manuscripts, and a Republication of the Volume, Printed at Edinburgh in the Year 1740
Here it is proper to repeat, to prevent any feeling of disappointment, that the following Diary has no claim to be regarded as Historical: it properly belongs to the class of Religious Meditations, or in other words, of Spiri...
