It is worthy of notice that many of this generation, fed on… - Vincent Massey

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It is worthy of notice that many of this generation, fed on text-books, on anthologies and on abstracts, cannot read.

Vincent Massey

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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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History is the necessary food of good and noble sentiments. It ought to give us at once humility and confidence in the face of greatness.

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It is worthy of notice that many of this generation, fed on text-books, on anthologies and on abstracts, cannot read. - Vincent Massey

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