The Canadian Archives and Its Activities (Classic Reprint)

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Excerpt from The Canadian Archives and Its ActivitiesThe activities of a country furnish material of perpetual interest to the student of 'human affairs. Through this material, centuries long old and grey, return again fresh in the vigour of youth, through this record are re¿ected as in a mirror past hopes and aspirations, past glory and defeat. Of all national assets, archives are the most precious, they are the gift of one genera tion to another and the extent of our care of them marks the extent of our civilization. Each day that passes is a triumph for an archive, for each day some mere scrap of paper permits justice to prevail. And yet While so much of our happiness and safety as individuals, and as a. People, is inseparable from archives, the average man bestows little thought either upon their commercial or their historical value. Indeed those Who are deeply concerned about these matters are not infrequently accorded scant sympathy. Serious minded people often question the Wisdom of preserving records, and the ¿at is issued for their destruction. Nor is: this altogether surprising. For twenty years or more, perchance, no one has required them. Why should they be kept?About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis 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.