. Canada : a descriptive text book . ce, it quickensthe interest in and desire for information, and above all, it gives aknowledge of men. Newspapers, too, are great educators, thoughunfortunately their influence is not always in the direction of higherthings, and every little town has at least a weekly paper, if not adaily. All members of the family read the papers, the children as wella,s the older folk, and through the paper many of their opinions areformed. Churches have their influence in education, and everydenomination is well represented in all parts of Canada. There isabsolute religio
. Canada : a descriptive text book . ce, it quickensthe interest in and desire for information, and above all, it gives aknowledge of men. Newspapers, too, are great educators, thoughunfortunately their influence is not always in the direction of higherthings, and every little town has at least a weekly paper, if not adaily. All members of the family read the papers, the children as wella,s the older folk, and through the paper many of their opinions areformed. Churches have their influence in education, and everydenomination is well represented in all parts of Canada. There isabsolute religious freedom and the church plays a prominent part inthe social as well as the religious life of the community. This isespecially true of the country. Speaking generally, we may say, that every one in Canada receivessome education, and compared with other countries the standard ishigh. But just because an education is so easily obtained, many fail toappreciate its value and are inclined to forget their own responsibilityin the - a; ij 28 CANADA. CHAPTER V. CANADIANS A WORKING PEOPLE—MANUFACTURES-FISHERIES—MINING. TN spite of all that we have said about sport, the Canadians areessentially a working people. The leisure class, as in most newcountries, is small and nearly everyone has some occupation atwhich he works regularly. Even the members of Parliament are paidbecause there is not in Canada the rich class of people who can devote
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