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Hugh MacLennan

Hugh MacLennan Books

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Canadian author born on March 20, 1907, and died on November 9, 1990. Hugh MacLennan is known for his profound insights into Canadian society and culture, often focusing on the relationship between individuals and society in his works.

Each Man's Son

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The Watch That Ends the Night

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The watch that ends the night: a novel

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Two Solitudes

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“This campus was an island of quiet in the city's roar, and at night it was an island of dark in the city's blaze.”

Montreal Mcgill

Book:The Watch That Ends the Night

Source: The Watch That Ends the Night

“The Socialists can scheme their schemes and the Liberals can dream their dreams, but we, at least, have work to do.”

Author:Hugh MacLennan

“The Greeks, who knew everything, understood that without the orgy there is no middle ground between bedlam and Toronto ... we need the healing grace of the orgy in this country.”

Needs Country Healing Grace Middle Understood Greek Toronto Middle Ground

Author:Hugh MacLennan

“The farmer's way of saving money: to be owed by someone he trusted.”

Way Money Saving Farmers Trusted Saving Money

Book:Two Solitudes

Source: Two Solitudes

“Man is a thinking animal, a talking animal, a toolmaking animal, a building animal, a political animal, a fantasizing animal. But, in the twilight of a civilization he is chiefly a taxpaying animal.”

Thinking Men Political Animal Talking Democracy Building Civilization Twilight Political Animals

Book:Voices in Time

Source: Voices in Time

“But that night as I drove back to Montreal, I at least discovered this: that there is no simple explanation for anything important any of us do, and that the human tragedy, or the human irony, consists in the necessity of living with the consequences of actions performed under the pressure of compulsions so obscure we do not and cannot understand them.”

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Book:Watch that Ends the Night

Source: Watch that Ends the Night

“Love, sought as an escape from the burden of the self, turns rapidly into a captivity.”

Self Turns Burden Captivity

Book:The watch that ends the night: a novel

Source: The watch that ends the night: a novel

“In comparison with a loving human being, everything else is worthless.”

Humans Human Beings Comparison Worthless

Book:Each Man's Son

Source: Each Man's Son

About the Author

Born: March 20, 1907
Died: November 9, 1990
Known for: Author
Quotes: 8

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