“And yet they say there is no God!”

—  Alexander Mackenzie

to Chief Justice Sir Louis Davies gazing up at the stars on a clear, crisp night overlooking the Ottawa River behind Parliament - story related by Davies in newspaper article during banquet - Library and Archives Canada

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2nd Prime Minister of Canada 1822–1892

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