Words Worth Noting - September 16, 2025

“The initial Canadian Expeditionary force of twenty thousand [in World War I] was organized by Sam Hughes, who was, as Borden informed him, ‘beset by two unceasing enemies. Expecting a revelation, he was intensely disappointed when I told him that they were his tongue and his pen.’”

Conrad Black Rise to Greatness: The History of Canada from the Vikings to the Present