Stephen Leacock's Quote - Now, the essence, the very spirit of Christmas is that we first ma

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Now, the essence, the very spirit of Christmas is that we first make believe a thing is so, and lo, it presently turns out to be so. – Stephen Leacock

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If I were founding a university I would begin with a smoking room; next a dormitory; and then a decent reading room and a library. After that, if I still had more money that I couldnt use, I would hire a professor and get some text books. – Stephen Leacock

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Hockey captures the essence of Canadian experience in the New World. In a land so inescapably and inhospitably cold, hockey is the chance of life, and an affirmation that despite the deathly chill of winter we are alive. – Stephen Leacock

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I am a great believer in luck, and I find the harder I work the more I have of it. – Stephen Leacock

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