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100 1 _aBourinot, John George,
_d1837-1902
245 1 0 _aOur Intellectual Strength and Weakness :
_bA Short Historical and Critical Review of Literature, Art and Education in Canada
264 1 _aSalt Lake City, UT :
_bProject Gutenberg,
_c2017
300 _a1 online resource :
_bmultiple file formats
336 _atext
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_2rdacontent
337 _acomputer
_bc
_2rdamedia
338 _aonline resource
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_2rdacarrier
500 _aRelease date is 2017-09-07
508 _aE-text prepared by Larry B. Harrison and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team (http://www.pgdp.net) from page images generously made available by Internet Archive (https://archive.org)
520 _a"Our Intellectual Strength and Weakness" by John George Bourinot is a historical and critical review of literature, art, and education in Canada, written in the late 19th century. The work serves as a presidential address delivered to the Royal Society of Canada, and it reflects on the intellectual development of Canada, contrasting it with other regions such as New England. The text aims to illuminate Canada's cultural accomplishments and challenges, emphasizing the significance of intellectual pursuits beyond mere material success. The opening of the work introduces a notion from James Russell Lowell about the dangers of prioritizing material wealth over cultural development, applying this critique to Canada. It sets the stage for Bourinot's exploration of Canada's intellectual landscape, presenting three well-defined eras in the country's advancement. He discusses the foundational French period, the subsequent British influence following the political transition, and the modern era characterized by a burgeoning sense of national identity. Bourinot draws from historical figures, cultural institutions, and prevalent attitudes to reflect on the ongoing struggle for a mature intellectual culture in Canada, setting a thoughtful tone for the detailed analysis that follows. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
534 _nOriginal publication data not identified
653 _aCanadian literature -- History and criticism
653 _aCanada -- Intellectual life
653 _aFrench-Canadian literature -- History and criticism
856 4 0 _uhttps://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/55499
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