19/31 So the imperial idea seeks its Canadian home in Liberal councils. England has outlived her own body. In the scrolls of the future it is already written that the centre of the Empire must shift--and where, if not to Canada ?" There was a half-comprehending burst of applause, Dr Drummond's the first clap. It was a curious change from the simple colloquial manner in which young Murchison had begun and to which the audience were accustomed; and on this account probably they stamped the harder. They would clap first and consider afterward. |