Note 7 — Group I. THREE RIVAL CIVILIZATIONS.
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Champlain, Samuel de, the father of Canada, and first among French explorers in the New World, ought to be held in high esteem by Americans. The work he did was for all time. A man of sterling qualities; of resources; of solid judgment; never effervescent, sometimes headstrong, yet prompt to act in emergencies. Though not noble, he had a chivalric nature united with capacity for affairs. His Voyages is a storehouse of information concerning Canada and New England.