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Excerpt from Addresses Delivered Before the Canadian Club of Vancouver, 1906-1908
Mr. Chairman, guests and gentlemen, he said, I thank you, Mr. Wade, for the way in which you proposed the toast, and you, gentlemen, for the extremely hearty cordiality with which you received it. I am grateful to you for the more than graceful way in which you referred to the connection between my family and Canada. If I take you into my confidence I'll admit I feel occasionally slightly embarrassed when these allu Sions are made to my ancestry. Real ancestors are not only an asset but a liability. I like a man who makes his own ancestry. Auv man who makes claim to any regard or esteem by virtue of possessing illustrious ancestors, is a man I never want to make my friend, no more do you, Dr. Wade - The President of the Club touched the speaker's arm and whispered. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
