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Title: The Man From Glengarry
A Tale Of The Ottawa

Author: Ralph Connor

Release Date: June 3, 2006 [EBook #3287]

Language: English

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THE MAN FROM GLENGARRY

A TALE OF THE OTTAWA

By Ralph Connor

DEDICATION

TO THE MEN OF GLENGARRY WHO IN PATIENCE, IN COURAGE AND IN THE FEAR OF
GOD ARE HELPING TO BUILD THE EMPIRE OF THE CANADIAN WEST THIS BOOK IS
HUMBLY DEDICATED

PREFACE

The solid forests of Glengarry have vanished, and with the forests the
men who conquered them. The manner of life and the type of character to
be seen in those early days have gone too, and forever. It is part of
the purpose of this book to so picture these men and their times that
they may not drop quite out of mind. The men are worth remembering.
They carried the marks of their blood in their fierce passions, their
courage, their loyalty; and of the forest in their patience, their
resourcefulness, their self-reliance. But deeper than all, the mark that
reached down to their hearts' core was that of their faith, for in
them dwelt the fear of God. Their religion may have been narrow, but
no narrower than the moulds of their lives. It was the biggest thing in
them. It may have taken a somber hue from their gloomy forests, but
by reason of a sweet, gracious presence dwelling among them it grew in
grace and sweetness day by day.

In the Canada beyond the Lakes, where men are making empire, the sons
of these Glengarry men are found. And there such men are needed. For
not wealth, not enterprise, not energy, can build a nation into sure
greatness, but men, and only men with the fear of God in their hearts,
and with no other. And to make this clear is also a part of the purpose
of this book.

CONTENTS

CHAPTER

I THE OPEN RIVER

II VENGEANCE IS MINE

III THE MANSE IN THE BUSH

IV THE RIDE FOR LIFE

V FORGIVE US OUR DEBTS

VI A NEW FRIEND

VII MAIMIE

VIII THE SUGARING-OFF

IX A SABBATH DAY'S WORK

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