. Canada's sons and Great Britain in the world war; . Canada in War Time 87 and the other British dominions in this quarrel and that duty we shallnot fail to fulfil as the honour of Canada demands; not for love of battlenot for love of conquest, not for greed of possessions but for the causeof honour to maintain solemn pledges to uphold principles of liberty,to withstand forces that would convert the world into an armed camp,yea in the very name of the peace that we sought at any cost save thatof dishonour. The Prime Minister, Sir Robert Borden, for the first timein Canadian history was the le
. Canada's sons and Great Britain in the world war; . Canada in War Time 87 and the other British dominions in this quarrel and that duty we shallnot fail to fulfil as the honour of Canada demands; not for love of battlenot for love of conquest, not for greed of possessions but for the causeof honour to maintain solemn pledges to uphold principles of liberty,to withstand forces that would convert the world into an armed camp,yea in the very name of the peace that we sought at any cost save thatof dishonour. The Prime Minister, Sir Robert Borden, for the first timein Canadian history was the leader of a united people, and in acrisis without parallel he rose to the occasion. History will paya high tribute to this great statesman who quietly and with infinitepatience handled all problems with a precision and sureness ofjudgment that made him stand out even in conferences of the greatstatesmen of the empire in later years. When Canadians, early in August, awoke to the fact that thegreatest war in history was beginning they were forced to tha
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