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  1. Oct 2024
    1. After the riot, the NHL began to crack down on all-out brawls (especially carrying your stick into one), though it would take another 25 years for the changes to take effect with the institution of the third-man-in rule.

      I'm glad they started putting more rules in place to stop so much of the violence.

    2. he showed up to the game (10 minutes late) with his secretary (future wife) and took his regular place.

      What would have happened if Campbell had not gone to the game? There was still so much anger towards him that I wonder if the riot would have just been delayed or if anything had happened at all.

    3. Sticks were high, fists flew, blood often smeared the ice, and the owners thought this was all manly and a great way to sell tickets.

      Definitely a good way to sell tickets, but I think it would be hard to watch such violent games

    1. Campbell stuck out his hand. He got a slap in theface. Retired Red Wings tough guy Jimmy Orlando had spotted thefan heading toward Campbell and bounded from his seat inpursuit. An instant after the slap, Orlando spun the fan aroundand socked him in the jaw, scattering teeth like jujubes. Therewere shouts, invective, a rumbling in the Forum. The tear gascame 30 seconds later.

      Escalated very quickly

    1. "You know, you have to suffer if you want to win. Jesus had to die and resurrect. That's the kind of thing we expect from our players. You must be ready to suffer in order to win or earn us some victory. You must risk everything and sweat and fight or be knocked out," he said.

      Interesting comparison.

    2. In addition to the class, Bauer has launched an essay contest asking the question, "Are the Montreal Canadiens a religion?"

      After reading other sources on the riot, I feel like this is a valid question.

    1. “Because I always try so hard to win and had my troubles in Boston, I was suspended. At playoff time, it hurts not to be in the game with the boys. However, I want to do what is good for the people of Montreal and the team. So that no further harm will be done, I would like to ask everyone to get behind the team and to help the boys win from the Rangers and Detroit. I will take my punishment and come back next year to help the club and younger players to win the Cup.” His words had a palliative effect. The next night nobody threw galoshes, nobody broke any more windows, nobody stopped streetcars.

      I'm glad the people listened to his words and that he was so calm about it even after probably being upset that he was suspended.

    2. Forty-five, maybe 60 seconds later — at 9:11 p.m. — the bomb exploded. Twenty-five feet to Campbell’s left, a canister of tear gas detonated by Latreille’s group from the auto repair shop.

      This is crazy and such an extreme thing to do over a sports decision

    3. “Bailey tried to gouge his [Richard’s] eyes out,” Red Storey, who refereed that game, later told a reporter, “Rocket just went berserk.”

      Wow hockey is a lot more violent than I thought

    4. They want to arrest Richard for assault, to throw him in jail for the night.

      I am confused as to why they only want to arrest Richard and not both

  2. Sep 2024
    1. Where the fire had passed, on rocky slopes, wherever the woods were thin and the sun could penetrate, the ground had been clad in almost unbroken pink by the laurel's myriad tufts of bloom; at first the reddening blueberries contended with them in glowing colour, but under the constant sun these slowly turned to pale blue, to royal blue, to deepest purple, and when July brought the feast of Ste. Anne the bushes laden with fruit were broad patches of violet amid the rosy masses now beginning to fade.

      I like the imagery used in this paragraph.

    2. The married couple had given their first children, Esdras and Maria

      I like Maria but I've never heard the name Esdras before. A very interesting name.

    3. Everyone had his own way of expressing relief and delight; but it was Maria who stood longest by the door, hearkening to the sweet patter of the rain, watching the indistinct movement of cloud in the dark sky above the darker mass of the forest, breathing the mild air that came from the south. "Spring is not far ... Spring is not far ..."

      A very relatable couple of sentences. I can picture it very clearly

    4. "You cannot shoot devils with a gun," objected his mother. "But when you feel the temptation coming, seize your rosary and say your prayers."

      Fighting off temptations is a lot more difficult than getting rid of it in a split second

    5. J'irai la voir un jour, M'asseoir pres de son trone, Recevoir ma couronne Et regner a mon tour ...

      I will go see her one day, Sit near his throne, Receive my crown And reign in my turn...

    6. Azalma was a tall, flat-chested woman with the undeveloped features of a child, who talked very quickly and almost without taking breath while she made ready the meal in the kitchen. From time to time she halted her preparations and sat down opposite her visitors, less for the moments repose than to give some special emphasis to what she was about to say; but the washing of a dish or the setting of the table speedily claimed her attention again, and the monologue went on amid the clatter of dishes and frying-pans.

      Description of Azalma physically and her personality

    7. whose icy snow-covered surface was like a winding strip of plain. The snow lay deep upon road and fields, for the April sun was powerless to send warmth through the gray clouds, and the heavy spring rains were yet to come. This chill and universal white, the humbleness of the wooden church and the wooden houses scattered along the road, the gloomy forest edging so close that it seemed to threaten, these all spoke of a harsh existence in a stern land.

      Setting the scene

    8. PERIBONKA

      "Péribonka is a municipality in the Canadian province of Quebec ...It is situated at the mouth of the Peribonka River where it forms a bay on the north shore of Lac Saint-Jean" (Wikipedia)

    1. Before their death, both their hearts were torn out, by means of an opening above the breast; and those Barbarians inhumanly feasted thereon, drinking their blood quite warm, which they drew from [51] its source with sacrilegious hands. While still quite full of life, pieces of flesh were removed from their thighs, from the calves of the legs, and from their arms,—which those executioners placed on coals to roast, and ate in their sight.

      This is horrifying

    2. [28] A little girl of five years, at the Mission of saint Ignace, of Infidel parents, came every day to prayers, morning and evening. She had so constantly adhered to this duty, even against the wishes and the prohibitions of her parents, that we could not refuse her Holy Baptism,—seeing that the spirit of the Faith was abundantly compensating in her for the years that she might lack in order freely to dispose of herself in a matter wherein grace has more right than nature

      It is interesting how a girl so young was able to go to prayers even though her parents did not want her to.

    3. he number of those who had there been [17] killed or taken captive was probably about seven hundred souls, mostly women and children;

      This is so many women and children

    4. We see a great number of our Christians, who have died by the edge of the sword; Others, who have suffered both the fires and the flames,—men, women, and children, and those who have escaped the scourge of war, constrained to abandon their goods their houses, their country, and to go into the woods,—to [page 79] die from privations and hunger, in order to avoid [3] a more cruel death.

      It is crazy how despite all this people still wanted to move to the new land

    5. Christmas matins were said, the same as last year; one might be satisfied with ringing the last bell a little before 10 o'clock. All went well; father Bressany said the midnight mass and preached. There were four Confessors during matins; three are enough. I went to say the midnight mass at the Ursulines', with a low mass following, and the last one about 9 o ' clock . We went, on the two following feast-days, to the religious houses, in order to salute there the Blessed Virgin and their Manger. We said the litanies of the Virgin and of the Infant Jesus, at the close.

      Still managing to have celebrations despite the year being difficult

    6. he did not cease continually to speak of God, and to encourage all the new Christians who were captives like himself to suffer well, that they might die well, in order to go in company with him to Paradise.

      Even through suffering he did not cease to profess his faith

    7. They were all covered with wounds. One had his head fractured; another his arm broken; another had an [page 25] arrow in his eye; another had his hand cut off by a blow from a hatchet.

      This is brutal

    8. they refuse to desert their flock in order to save their own lives

      Shows dedication and selflessness to stay even though they may not make it out alive

    9. on the pith, occurred the first execution by the hand of the hangman, in the case of a Creature of 15 or 16 years, a thief

      Very harsh and very young

    1. Word of the death is also sent to the friends who live in the other Villages; and, as each family has some one who takes care of its Dead, these latter come as soon as possible to take charge of everything, and determine the day of the funeral. Usually they inter the Dead [188] on the third day; as soon as it is light, the Captain gives orders that throughout the whole Village a feast be made for the dead. No one spares what he has of the best. They do this, in my opinion, for three reasons: First, to console one another, for they exchange dishes, and hardly anyone eats any of the feast he has prepared; secondly, on account of those of other Villages, who often come in great numbers. Thirdly, and principally, to serve the soul of the deceased, which they believe takes pleasure in the feast, and in eating its share. All the kettles being emptied, or at least distributed, the Captain publishes throughout the Village that the body is about to be borne to the Cemetery. The whole Village assembles in the Cabin; the weeping is renewed; and those who have charge of the ceremonies get ready a litter on which the corpse is placed on a mat and enveloped in a Beaver robe, and then four lift and carry it away; the whole Village follows in silence to the Cemetery. A Tomb is there, made of bark and supported on four stakes, [page 269] eight to ten feet high. However, before the corpse is put into it, [189] and before they arrange the bark, the Captain makes known the presents that have been given by the friends. In this Country, as well as elsewhere, the most agreeable consolations for the loss of friends are always accompanied by presents, such as kettles, axes, Beaver robes, and Porcelain collars. If the deceased was a person of importance in the Country, not only the friends and neighbors, but even the Captains of other Villages, will come in person and bring their presents. Now all the presents do not follow the dead man into the grave; sometimes a Porcelain collar is put around his neck, and near by a comb, a gourd full of oil, and two or three little loaves of bread; and that is all. A large share goes to the relatives, to dry their tears; the other share goes to those who have directed the funeral ceremonies, as a reward for their trouble. Some robes, also, are frequently laid aside, or some hatchets, as a gift for the Youth. The Chief puts into the hand of some one of the latter a stick about a foot long, offering a prize to the one who will take it away from him. They throw themselves [190] upon him in a body, with might and main, and remain sometimes a whole hour struggling. This over, each one returns quietly to his Cabin.

      I like how they handle grief as a community and come together to have a meal to celebrate the life of the dead

    2. This Council was one of the most important that the Hurons have

      The Huron council is surprisingly organized with more structure than I would expect

    3. perhaps God was angry because they had spoken ill of him

      It's interesting that they're trying to convert them by telling them that God is angry. I feel like fear is a horrible tactic to use to try to convert people.

    4. since their lewdness and licentiousness hinder them from finding God

      They have very strong feelings towards these people and how wrong they think they are

    5. annoyance of the Savages

      I believe this is a terrible way to describe the people you are trying to share the love of God with. Adding it to a list of things they find horrible and hard to deal with

    6. Cùm eram Parvulus, loquebar ut Parvulus, sapiebam ut parvulus; cùm autem factus ero vir, evacuabo quœ, erant Parvuli

      Google Translate: "When I was a child, I spoke like a child, I was wise like a child; but when I shall become a man, I shall empty where the little ones were" or "When I was a child, I talked like a child, I thought like a child, I reasoned like a child. When I became a man, I put the ways of childhood behind me." a reference to 1 Corinthians 13:11

    7. There is in our village a little Christian girl named Louyse, who at six months began to walk alone; the [page 13] parents declare they have seen nothing like it, and ,attribute it to the efficacy of Holy Baptism. Another person told us one day, with great delight, that his little [7] boy, who had always been sick and much emaciated before Baptism, had been very well since then

      I would be interested to know how this affected their views of baptism.

    8. He had a naturally good disposition, and consented very willingly to be instructed and to receive Holy Baptism

      Interesting that the chief was willingly baptised