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FOREWORD

Never before have Canadians been in greater need of inspiration or a guiding light as they are today. Perhaps Georger Mercer Dawson’s indomitable spirit, his courage and determination against heavy odds, his love for truth and beauty, his high moral standards will bring strength and conviction to those who read his story.

Under the title Life and Letters of George Mercer Dawson, my mother, Lois Winslow-Spragge, in 1962, privately published one hundred copies of Dr. Dawson’s story for the benefit of her family and friends. The History Department of the Public Archives of Canada at that time expressed gratitude to my mother for the wisdom she showed in preserving George’s papers and in publishing the story of his life.

Now in 1993, through Natural Heritage and publisher Barry Penhale’s keen interest, George Mercer Dawson’s descendants are pleased that this new expanded edition of my mother’s book will be available to the general reading public.

George Mercer Dawson was indeed ‘No Ordinary Man.’ To read about him is like taking a drink of water from a cool, unpolluted spring. His sense of values was so great that he once said he didn’t care much for money or possessions. All he wanted was what he could hold in his canoe.

Anne V Byers

Ottawa

Great niece of G.M.D.