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The father of confederation is deadlock.Goldwin Smith
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Ottawa - a sub-arctic lumber-village converted by royal mandate into a political cockpit.Goldwin Smith
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'Rich by nature poor by policy' might be written over Canada's door.Goldwin Smith
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Every one who has a heart, however ignorant of architecture he may be, feels the transcendent beauty and poetry of the mediaeval churches.Goldwin Smith
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Yet for my part, deeply as I am moved by the religious architecture of the Middle Ages, I cannot honestly say that I ever felt the slightest emotion in any modern Gothic church.Goldwin Smith
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The novelist must look on humanity without partiality or prejudice. His sympathy, like that of the historian, must be unbounded, and untainted by sect or party.Goldwin Smith