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"THE STORY OF MY LIFE."
BY THE LATE
REV. EGERTON RYERSON, D.D., LLD.,
(Being Reminiscences of Sixty Years' Public Service in Canada.)
PREPARED UNDER THE SUPERVISION OF HIS LITERARY TRUSTEES:
THE REV. S.S. NELLES, D.D., LL.D.,
THE REV. JOHN POTTS. D.D.,
AND J. GEORGE HODGINS, ESQ., LL.D.
EDITED BY
J. GEORGE HODGINS, Esq., LL.D.
"His life was gentle; and the elements
So mix't in him, that Nature might stand up,
And say to all the world, This was a Man!"
--Shakespeare. _Julius Cæsar_, Act v., sc. 5.
Justum et tenacem propositi virum
Non civium ardor prava jubentium,
Non vultus instantis tyranni
Mente quatit solida--
--Horace. _Odes_, iii. 3.
WITH PORTRAIT AND ENGRAVINGS.
TORONTO:
WILLIAM BRIGGS, 78 and 80 KING STREET EAST.
1884.
Entered, according to the Act of the Parliament of Canada, in the year
one thousand eight hundred and eighty-three, by Mary Ryerson and Charles
Egerton Ryerson, in the Office of the Minister of Agriculture, Ottawa.
CONTENTS.
Page
Preface ix
Estimate of Rev. Dr. Ryerson's Character and Labours 17
CHAPTER I.--1803-1825.
Sketch of Early Life 23