XLI.] We know enough, however, to admire the heroism of our ancestors and their firm attachment to the mother land.

Our hearts should warm with gratitude for what they have done for our happiness.

And as we consider the unflinching determination of the founders of these British colonies to make this land a British home, we feel that we should as unflinchingly carry on their work and expand their views.

Deeply rooted in the hearts of our ancestors was a love of the old land, and their desire in the new was to build upon the foundations of the old.
We, under Providence, are commissioned to carry forward the work they left unfinished.
This land was the home of our fathers and shall be the heritage of our children.

The provincial spirit of our ancestors is being merged into a great national one.