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Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: DAMON AND PYTHIAS. A DRAMA OK QUEBEC LIBERALISM JOHN UNDERHILL. DRAMATIS PERSONS. Damon Hon. Count Herder. Pythias Hon. Wilfrid Laurier. Valet Ernest Pacaud. Scenes?in Quebec Legislature and Ottawa House of Commons. Theatre?situated in the City of Montreal. It is easier not to give a man the means of having influence than to prevent his abuse of it.?Madame Roland. PROLOGUE. For a long time, in the eyes of the people, Mr. Mercier and Mr. Laurier passed current as disinterested and very honorable men. We find that for pure love of country the Provincial Premier is about to step into the arena of Dominion politics, and the leader of the Dominion Opposition is to accept his services?of course for somepatriotic consideration. It will be necessary to firstly discover what that consideration is, and what Mr. Laurier couldor wonld 2rie Mr. Merrier: Vr tie larrj-;arr-rferaice. If Mr. Mer.rier's motir for nn: nj wira It. Laurier ar to servare money from.: h.e Locumon i: r his debts and those of his;on5-Ier3r-?s. mi: -?c we must conclude that he. at lease is aoc in. ioaonble man. We must learn ho-w far Mr Mer ier aocrir to trade upon Mr. Laurier's fair name, aod iow tar Mr. Lanrier was willing to lend that nani-i aa a .: l: ak n hide th deformity of Mr. Meroier'a motire. Th.-a we must discover whether Mr. Laurier is realj an Koaorable man, or whether he is not a more accomplished, hjpo- erite than Mr. Mercier; but one plaving hia sracie in another sphere. Finally the catastrophe of this little drama must be the unmasking of Mr. Laurier. There is a subordinate character, the Yalet?Mr. E. Pa.: aud, ?who is like the hyphen of flesh connecting the Siamese twins of Canadian Liberalism. He is the villain of the play, possessing the entire confiden..
| ISBN-13 | 9780217826525 |
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| ISBN-10 | 0217826520 |
| Weight | 0.19 Pounds |
| Dimensions | 9.00 x 6.00 x 0.11 In |
| List Price | $14.14 |
| Format | Paperback |
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| Pages | 48 pages |
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| Published On | 2009-08-01 |
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