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Words & Occasions
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Lester B. Pearson
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English
Published/Copyright:
1970
About this book
A portrait in words of Lester Pearson, this volume contains his own selection of his speeches and writings from 1924 to 1968 on a wide variety of topics – serious and frivolous, political and non-political – with introductions which serve as an autobiographical and interpretative link carrying the reader forward through his career.
Author / Editor information
Pearson Lester B. :
Lester B. Pearson (1897–1972) was Canada’s fourteenth prime minister.
Reviews
‘Mr Pearson has the gift of saying serious things in an entertaining style, and his book is a rarity of its kind: it may be read purely for pleasure.’ New Yorker
‘Words and Occasions…is not only fascinating but highly important as the study of a man and a nation….the collection – sparkling with wry humour and jokes against himself, yet coloured with melancholy and sometimes almost despair – offers the first reliable sketch, if not the complete portrait of the man and his times. And any reader will see that both man and times are quite different from the accepted version….Words and Occasions contains enough of both to satisfy the most demanding reader. It must be read by an Canadian who seeks a sane perspective not only on the times of Mr Pearson but on the times of Mr Trudeau, too.’ Bruce Hutchison, Winnipeg Free Press
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Frontmatter
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Preface
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Contents
xi - PART I. 1924-1948
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1. The Game's the Thing
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2. The New History
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3. To a Church Group in Ottawa
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4. Cards on the Table
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5. Topics of the Day
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6. Canada and the United States
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7. At a Farewell Dinner in London
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8. The Road to War
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9. To the Staff of UNRRA
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10. Canada and the San Francisco Conference
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11. Some Principles of Canadian Foreign Policy
66 - PART II. 1949-1957
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12. To the Ontario Municipal Association
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13. From the Honourable Member for Algoma East
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14. On Signing the North Atlantic Treaty
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15. The Implications of a Free Society
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16. In Reply to a USSR Peace Resolution
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17. Canadian Foreign Policy in a Two-Power World
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18. On My Installation as Chancellor of Victoria College
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19. To the United Nations Correspondents' Association
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20. To the Ontario Liberal Association
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21. International Public Relations
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22. Christian Foundations for World Order
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23. Impressions of the Russians and Their Leaders
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24. The Atlantic Community
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25. On the Middle East Crisis
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26. The Tragedy in Hungary
152 - PART III. 1957-1963
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27. To the National Liberal Convention
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28. St Andrew's Day Address
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29. Politics, Opposition, and the Plight of Democracy
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30. Education: The Creation of Finer Human Hungers
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31. At the Toronto Freedom Festival
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32. Tensions in the Western Hemisphere
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33. The Canadian Partnership
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34. On Canadian Defence Policy
198 - PART IV. 1963-1968
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35. A l'Association des hebdomadaires de langue frarnçaise du Canada
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36. Before the Eighteenth Session of the United Nations
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37. A Toast to the President of France
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38. At a Parliamentary Press Gallery Dinner
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39. To the Royal Canadian Legion
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40. Mrs Pearson Speaks
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41. At the Federal Provincial Conference, Charlottetown
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42. From the Commons Flag Debate
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43. To the Toronto and District Liberal Association
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44. On the Inauguration of Canada's National Flag
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45. On Television with Pierre Berton
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46. At the Atlantic Award Dinner
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47. On Lighting the Centennial Flame
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48. Vimy - Fifty Years After
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49. To the Canadian Political Science Association
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50. Expo - and a Welcome to the Queen
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51. My Undelivered Toast to General de Gaulle
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52. I Announce My Retirement
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53. Adieu to the Parliamentary Press Gallery
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54. At the Liberal Leadership Convention
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Captions to the Illustrations
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Publishing information
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eBook published on:
December 15, 1970
eBook ISBN:
9781487574789
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Main content:
312
eBook ISBN:
9781487574789
Audience(s) for this book
College/higher education;Professional and scholarly;
