GOLDWIN SMITH.
; y '■ '■ ■ AVsEEiotr^FAiiL; ywy y<, By Telegriph-Preae " ■ : ;'.':.'-. , .'.' ! ■■■".;,-'.', .pttawa, v .'Pebrnery-'-'B.- ;:, Pfofessor Gpldwin, Smith, historian and writer, on Imperialism, now 86 years of age, had a:'Kerious. fall,:; breakingyhis thigh: Anxiety is; felt as •to .whether 'he will: recover.'; '■'; : ' :- : • ■'■:; ■■ . .-vv 1 : ■■'•'' -'X!\.: \-,.y ; ': ; ;a- BusY'cAREER;;:y' : ;-;,v'; Professor: of Modern History at Oxi'ord, : : later .hon. Professor of English and Constitutional Histpry; in ■ Cornell, University ,(UnitediStates),-and prior v to.that' a prominent champion-of tho North: during 'the American,: Civil War, Professor Goldwin Smith; has'had a unique career. Re !went tb.ithe United States in.: 1868,.: and in;. 1871 to Toronto, where he-has;since, resided. , .' He is :a brilliant historian, arid a trenchant .writer on public 'affairs;-.'a Liberal,. ,:a,.: Preetradoiy.an opponent of: militarism;and of Imperialism iri its: aggrandisement ■ aspect; also,. a;niaeter of. English , .style. Here are just a. few of his; publications: "Irish. History:,,and: : Irish; Character," "My : Memory of Gladstoriej" 7 "The EmEire," "The United States/'. "Oxford and er Colleges," "Loyalty, 'Aristocracy, and .Jingoism, "The Political' Destiny 'of Canada," "Does, ; the . Bible . Sanction Americari : Slavery?" "Lines, ofyßeligious Inquiry," of Greek' Tragedy," "Labour' arid . Capital," .-•' "Cowper. ''
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Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 738, 10 February 1910, Page 5
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178GOLDWIN SMITH. Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 738, 10 February 1910, Page 5
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