The Saint Andrew's College Review

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Excerpt from The Saint Andrew's College Review: Christmas, 1904On May 7th, 1869, he married Miss Jessie Lawson, the eldest daughter of a successful West India merchant. His wife restrained his naturally aggressive spirit by the in¿uence of her sweet and gentle nature. He gradually learned more of caution and prudence, so that the inward fire which consumed him gave forth not less heat, but more light.As an example of the interest which Grant took in public affairs at this period, we may cite the part he played in the C011 federation of the provinces of the Dominion. He was an ardent advocate of union, which he thought should be effected while the country was young, and before local feelings, official interests, and so forth, grew to be too strong to be broken. His desire was to apply the doctrines of Christ to the affairs of this world. For the union he spoke and wrote fearlessly. Some of his church mem~ bers criticized him severely, but in the country at large he was recognized as a man of ideas and ideals, and his in¿uence was a potent factor in bringing the Lower Provinces into Confederation.In the summer of 1872 Grant accompanied Mr. (now Sir) Sandford Fleming across the continent to see with his own eyes the main features of the country through which the proposed Canadian Pacific Railway was to pass. The results of this tour were embodied in the following year in his book, Ocean to Ocean. A more admirable book of travel and adventure could scarcely be found for a Canadian boy. It closes with this expressive summary.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.