The Story of My Life - Being Reminiscences of Sixty Years' Public Service in Canada

The Project Gutenberg EBook of The Story of My Life, by Egerton RyersonThis eBook is for the use of anyone anywhere at no cost and withalmost no restrictions whatsoever. You may copy it, give it away orre-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License includedwith this eBook or online at www.gutenberg.orgTitle: The Story of My LifeBeing Reminiscences of Sixty Years' Public Service in CanadaAuthor: Egerton RyersonEditor: J. George HodginsRelease Date: February 12, 2008 [EBook #24586]Language: English*** START OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK THE STORY OF MY LIFE ***Produced by Stacy Brown, Jason Isbell and the OnlineDistributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (Thisfile was produced from images generously made availableby The Internet Archive/Canadian Libraries)Egerton Ryerson"THE STORY OF MY LIFE."BY THE LATEREV. 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 BYJ. GEORGE HODGINS, Esq., LL.D."His life was gentle; and the elementsSo 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 virumNon civium ardor prava jubentium,Non vultus instantis tyranniMente quatit solida——Horace. Odes, iii. 3.WITH PORTRAIT AND ENGRAVINGS ...