It is customary to introduce a volume of speeches with an apology and this is a useful exercise in humility. Even if the addresses in this book served a purpose when delivered, why should they be embalmed in print? But if their publication can be defended, it is because of the importance of the subjects treated, rather than what is said about them. They deal with certain aspects of Canadian life about which we all should be concerned. If the book should encourage the reader to ponder such things, it will have achieved its object....