Excerpt from The Story of Lord Mount Stephen The inception of the Canadian Pacific Railway by Lord Mount Stephen and his associates was regarded by all except those men of true vision as an idle fancy, the dream of chimerical men, never to be realised. The proposal to build a railway through uninhabited British North America, over one of the great mountain ranges of the globe, across a roadless continent, respecting much of which nothing was known, when looked at soberly by the practical man, presented to him a project ...
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Excerpt from The Story of Lord Mount Stephen The inception of the Canadian Pacific Railway by Lord Mount Stephen and his associates was regarded by all except those men of true vision as an idle fancy, the dream of chimerical men, never to be realised. The proposal to build a railway through uninhabited British North America, over one of the great mountain ranges of the globe, across a roadless continent, respecting much of which nothing was known, when looked at soberly by the practical man, presented to him a project which passed at a Single leap from the plane of ordinary undertakings to the Olympic sphere of enterprises. It Surpassed in every element of magnitude, and probably, also, in physical difficulties, any work ever previously undertaken by man. What were the purposes to be achieved? What the vision that inspired George Stephen and his comrades in railway - building adventure \vonde commercial results could be counted on, and it was that the national, the Imperial advantages and possibilities were far beyond the conception of the most sanguine of far-seeing men. The undertaking would have an immediate effect in expanding Canada, then limited to two provinces in the valley of the St. Lawrence; it would be of the greatest advantage to the Mother Country in opening up new channels for the enterprise of British merchants. The railway from the Atlantic to the Pacific when completed would bring nearer to Great Britain her Eastern Empire it would unite with a new bond the interests and affections of Britons in Europe, Asia, Australasia, and America; it would secure in perpetuity British Dominion upon the continent of America; it would promote the occupation and civilisation of half a continent, and lay the foundation of a great Overseas nation which would be a buttress of strength in the structure of Empire. This Vls1on has been realised, and the part played by Lord Mount Stephen in con verting a great dream into a great reality has given him a permanent place in the annals of world history. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at ... This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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