EBOOK LAURA SECORD, THE HEROINE OF 1812. ***
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LAURA SECORD, THE HEROINE OF 1812: _A DRAMA_ AND OTHER POEMS.
BY SARAH ANNE CURZON
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"And among them all move the majestic, white-robed bards, striking
their golden harps, and telling the tales of the days of old, and
handing down the names of the heroes for ever."--JUSTIN H. MCCARTHY
"The soul of the book is whatever beautiful and true and noble we
can find in it."--KINGSLEY'S "HYPATIA."
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TO ALL TRUE CANADIANS,
OF WHATEVER DERIVATION,
THIS VOLUME IS RESPECTFULLY INSCRIBED
BY
THE AUTHOR.
PREFACE.
The drama of "Laura Secord" was written to rescue from oblivion the name
of a brave woman, and set it in its proper place among the heroes of
Canadian history. During the first few years of her residence in Canada
the author was often astonished to hear it remarked, no less among
educated than uneducated Canadians, that "Canada has no history;" and
yet on every hand stories were current of the achievements of the
pioneers, and the hardships endured and overcome by the United Empire
Loyalists.
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