Publisher's Synopsis
Excerpt from McGill and Its Story 1821-1921
The following pages give in general outline the century story of McGill University. They have no pretension to the title of detailed history, for it has been possible to chronicle only the circumstances which shaped the university in its infancy and the important events of its succeeding years. The story is one of struggle and disappointment, of discouragement and controversy, and of ultimate success and triumph. The men who made McGill were men of far and clear vision, of unfaltering courage and unwavering faith. They never doubted the final breaking of the clouds; they were baffled only to fight better in their forward march on behalf of national enlightenment. They believed in the future greatness of Canada, and of the place of education in moulding their country's destiny. The students of today who enjoy the advantages of a great seat of learning are not always conscious of the toil and the anxiety, the weariness and the fret of their college's early years; they perhaps do not always appreciate their glorious heritage and the efforts and the sacrifices of those who scorned delights and lived laborious days in order to leave that heritage behind. The author's hope is that the story of struggle herein recorded may deepen our gratitude for our privileges, and our reverence for McGill and the men who made it.
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