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Strongly attached to the soil, he generally places his sons on the land 
round him, but aims at sending some of his daughters to convent and 
sons of his sons to college; for his pride is to have a priest, a lawyer or a 
doctor in the family. Talks at the church door after service and occa- 
sional soirées fill up his social programme, but the folk dances and songs 
are slowly disappearing before radios, phonographs, pianos and modern 
dances. 
Not given to any excess, he is averse to social legislation that would 
interfere with his personal liberties, and arbitary prohibitions in any 
domain have never found favour with him. Temperate, law-abiding, 
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traditionally prudent in social matters, he is not a ready listener to the 
labour agitator or socialistic propagandist. Strong, willing and resourceful, 
he makes a valuable employee in mills and factories of all kinds. He is 
sought after for his unequalled ability as a woodsman; and, in fact from 
the earliest days of the province he has figured largely in the lumbering 
and river-driving operations for which Quebec has been noted and in 
which field she still leads. 
GOVERNMENT 
Responsible Government —Quebec enjoys the British system of 
responsible government. The British North America Act reserves for