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Jul 6, 2011 | 29:34Ideas 1963: The Image Of Confederation - Part 1 AudioIdeas 1963: The Image Of Confederation - Part 1 Jul 6, 2011 | 29:34In the 1963 Massey Lectures Frank Underhill writes:"Our experiment of the new Canadian nationality has now been going on for almost a hundred years. It must be confessed that we approach the centenary year of 1967 in a state of mind that falls far short of the spirit of optimism and high adventure that marked the Fathers of Confederation. We seem to have lost their clear assurance of national purpose. We are not sure even that we are one nation. Our Canadian politics of the 1960s is leading many citizens to doubt whether it is worth trying to be nation if this is the only kind of politics which we are capable. One senses a feeling of defeatism in the air."
Jul 6, 2011 | 29:24Ideas 1963: The Image Of Confederation - Part 2 AudioIdeas 1963: The Image Of Confederation - Part 2 Jul 6, 2011 | 29:24In the 1963 Massey Lectures Frank Underhill writes:"Our experiment of the new Canadian nationality has now been going on for almost a hundred years. It must be confessed that we approach the centenary year of 1967 in a state of mind that falls far short of the spirit of optimism and high adventure that marked the Fathers of Confederation. We seem to have lost their clear assurance of national purpose. We are not sure even that we are one nation. Our Canadian politics of the 1960s is leading many citizens to doubt whether it is worth trying to be nation if this is the only kind of politics which we are capable. One senses a feeling of defeatism in the air."
Jul 6, 2011 | 29:16Ideas 1963: The Image of Confederation - Part 3 AudioIdeas 1963: The Image of Confederation - Part 3 Jul 6, 2011 | 29:16In the 1963 Massey Lectures Frank Underhill writes:"Our experiment of the new Canadian nationality has now been going on for almost a hundred years. It must be confessed that we approach the centenary year of 1967 in a state of mind that falls far short of the spirit of optimism and high adventure that marked the Fathers of Confederation. We seem to have lost their clear assurance of national purpose. We are not sure even that we are one nation. Our Canadian politics of the 1960s is leading many citizens to doubt whether it is worth trying to be nation if this is the only kind of politics which we are capable. One senses a feeling of defeatism in the air."
Jul 6, 2011 | 29:16Ideas 1963: The Image of Confederation - Part 4 AudioIdeas 1963: The Image of Confederation - Part 4 Jul 6, 2011 | 29:16In the 1963 Massey Lectures Frank Underhill writes:"Our experiment of the new Canadian nationality has now been going on for almost a hundred years. It must be confessed that we approach the centenary year of 1967 in a state of mind that falls far short of the spirit of optimism and high adventure that marked the Fathers of Confederation. We seem to have lost their clear assurance of national purpose. We are not sure even that we are one nation. Our Canadian politics of the 1960s is leading many citizens to doubt whether it is worth trying to be nation if this is the only kind of politics which we are capable. One senses a feeling of defeatism in the air."
Jul 6, 2011 | 29:12Ideas 1963: The Image of Confederation - Part 5 AudioIdeas 1963: The Image of Confederation - Part 5 Jul 6, 2011 | 29:12In the 1963 Massey Lectures Frank Underhill writes:"Our experiment of the new Canadian nationality has now been going on for almost a hundred years. It must be confessed that we approach the centenary year of 1967 in a state of mind that falls far short of the spirit of optimism and high adventure that marked the Fathers of Confederation. We seem to have lost their clear assurance of national purpose. We are not sure even that we are one nation. Our Canadian politics of the 1960s is leading many citizens to doubt whether it is worth trying to be nation if this is the only kind of politics which we are capable. One senses a feeling of defeatism in the air."
Jul 6, 2011 | 29:12Ideas 1963: The Image of Confederation - Part 6 AudioIdeas 1963: The Image of Confederation - Part 6 Jul 6, 2011 | 29:12In the 1963 Massey Lectures Frank Underhill writes:"Our experiment of the new Canadian nationality has now been going on for almost a hundred years. It must be confessed that we approach the centenary year of 1967 in a state of mind that falls far short of the spirit of optimism and high adventure that marked the Fathers of Confederation. We seem to have lost their clear assurance of national purpose. We are not sure even that we are one nation. Our Canadian politics of the 1960s is leading many citizens to doubt whether it is worth trying to be nation if this is the only kind of politics which we are capable. One senses a feeling of defeatism in the air."
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