Old wives' tales are not enough in a day when old wives and… - Vincent Massey

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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.

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Charles Vincent Massey PC CH CC CD FRSC(hon) (February 20, 1887 – December 30, 1967) was a Canadian lawyer and diplomat who served as Governor General of Canada, the 18th since Canadian Confederation. Massey was the first Canadian-born individual to serve as Canada's governor general.

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