Note 53 — Colonial Chapter in the History of American Education. (continued 3)

Dr. Ryerson constantly deprecated, in these early years, this want of the spirit of Canadian Patriotism. In an eloquent paper (in the third volume of the Journal of Education) he shows that "Canadian Patriotism (is) the Lever of Canadian Greatness." He sums it up in these words: "It cannot be too strongly impressed upon every mind that it is on Canadian energy, Canadian ambition, Canadian self-reliance, skill and enterprize—in a word, on Canadian patriotism—that depends Canadian prosperity, elevation and happiness."—Page 40.