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cepted creed to novel conditions as in inventing a new one.

He returned, as I have said, to misunderstanding, abuse, criticism, and to death. He was not to see the fulfilment of his hopes. That had to be the task of Lord Elgin, the ablest, I think, of Canadian Viceroys, and of great Canadians like Robert Baldwin. Durham had ruined his own career by his work in Canada, but he had helped to build a nation. He made Britain proud of Canada, and Canada proud of Britain and of herself. I am no lover of what is too much the fashion today, what I might call "idealogical intolerance," for a system of government which suits one country may be less suitable for another. But I believe that democracy in the widest sense must remain the creed of western civilisation, of the French, British and American peoples, for it is consonant with something very deep in their tradition and spirit. Of that democracy, responsible government is the core and heart, and we do well to pay tribute to a great man who sacrificed health and reputation in its cause. Tonight we bring to a fulfilment his dying hope, ''Canada will one day do justice to my memory."