26/37 You don't know, for instance, that the purest form of democracy on this American continent lies outside the bounds of the U.S.A." "In Canada ?" she asked scornfully. "By the way, how many Canadians are there ?" "Yes, I know. We are a small people," he said quietly, "but no more real democracy exists anywhere in the world than in this country of mine. We are a small people, but," he said, with a sweep of his hand toward the west and the north, "the future is with us. The day is coming when along this waterway great cities shall be, with factories and humming industries. |