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  1. Dec 2022
    1. The melee, which forced the game to be suspended, ushered in arevolution

      Such a small act turned into a huge political shift that lasted for decades.

    2. Whenever he stormed a goaltender,Richard's glare could be seen from the top row of the Forum--andin taverns for hundreds of miles around

      He was a Hero to his followers and this goes to show how big of an Icon he became

    3. No athlete has embodied the soul of a city and the spirit of itspeople as Richard did in the 1940s and '50s in Montreal

      He became a voice and the spirit of the people during his hockey years and many years to follow

    1. We really want to see what everyone wants to say

      This is huge, in history we see to many times that people are silenced and here we see that they gave the people a voice

    2. I hope I have enough students to make two hockey teams

      Question is did he hope to see these many people because he thought he would be a hit, or did he hope to see these many people because that is what would be best for him?

    3. It's a divine inspiration

      If you have played sports or been impacted by them you can feel the inspiration they give and the impact they can make on peoples lives

    4. Quebec's biggest passions is a religion

      These people rally around Hockey, and I question is it because of its historic background for the Quebec people?

    1. At first, he did not want to comment publicly, but by Friday evening, he had changed his mind,

      I wonder what kept him from wanting to say anything. Did he think it would make things worse, did he not know what to do, or was he scared to be put out their more since to him he is only a hockey player? Where was his mind at?

    2. The next night nobody threw galoshes, nobody broke any more windows, nobody stopped streetcars

      He may not of ment to start the revolution of the ages for the French people, but he def. had the big say and position to put an end to it. He became the voice of the people.

    3. That became a popular narrative

      This stands for decades, and still today is a battle of the French trying to be allowed to stand on their own feet and be there own place.

    4. Fate, Thursday, was called Mr. Campbell, but he incarnated all of the real or imagined adversaries that our little people encounter.

      Their fate and very real adversaries we who they were fighting against that day. They knew this was their time to fight back and let the English know where they were and how they felt!

    1. Rocket said he warned the linesman three times to let him go before he finally clocked the official. 

      Being a targeted player so much the refs need to understand the level of hate he suffered from. Doing this they would have seen that one day he would explode and they needed to be ready.

    2. He would reluctantly take his punishment

      Even with punishment being done then, we see many people in the public helping with any money donations possible to help with any cost punishments like fee's or fines charged.

    3. Montreal went nuts, both French and English, and with Detroit coming in for a St. Patrick's Day game at the Forum, revenge was on some fans' minds

      They state he was 10 minutes late and they believe this to be the cause of the craziness, but with this line we see that even if he showed up early the craziness might of just started sooner.

    4. Therefore, there was precedent

      You can notice that the league president was about finding precedent when it came to getting matters of what he wanted to see done. Very powerful man

    5. Campbell was already infuriated with the Montreal star, who had a column (Le Tour de Chapeau) ghost written for a French weekly in Montreal that regularly attacked the NHL boss (he was forced to drop it by the league), and No. 9 had already previously walloped a referee

      this is just a small example of the hate and fighting that went on between the president/NHL boss and the players

    1. Others were satisfied to exchange jocular remarks with the young girls as they passed, in the easy and familiar fashion of the country,-natural enough too where the children have grown up together from infancy

      seems like bad comments to some get so used to just because they know each other for so long that it can make bad comments seem fine. Sad for them

    2. Hormidas Berube with a disgusted look on his face awaited another bid, but only got jokes and laughter.

      As he jokes and laughs knowing he is selling a small pig for probably to much he stands their happy knowing he is probably doing wrong.

    3. Who wants to buy a fine young pig of my breeding?" he asked, indicating with his finger something shapeless that struggled in a bag at his feet. A great burst of laughter greeted him. They knew them well, these pigs of Hormidas' raising. No bigger than rats, and quick as squirrels to jump the fences

      He goes to sell a pig, and it sounds like the runt, and has people who seem to be desprete and in need bidding more than their loved ones would be happy with just for food.

    4. A surveyor from Roberval will be in the parish next week. If anyone wishes his land surveyed before mending his fences for the summer, this is to let him know.

      I wonder if they have a different definition of Parish, because in this it makes it sound like he will parish or die, and if they want their land surveyed this was the time to do so.

    1. we Sang some articles of the litany of the virgin, and then was said the prayer

      They went to the hospital and sang and prayed, made for a better hospital visit than the normal down vibes we normally see.

    2. the ice not vet having passed away, they found themselves much embarrassed.

      Don't see how the ice not melting has to do with them being embarrassed. We see right after that the travels were successful. Did the ice cause troubles on the journey?

    3. one of our brethren, in surplice, carried to monsieur the governor his palm

      What does this mean when carrying someone their palm, are they taking food, help, or what it could be.

    4. On the Day of the purification, we did as in preceding years; we furnished Wax for the parish church

      Very curious what purification has to do with wax and why it was so important of a part that they were wanting to stop supplying it.

    1. Indeed, it is, after man, the most vivid image we have of Divinity; there is nothing which represents him to us so clearly; we remark his omnipotence in all the prodigious effects they cause here below, his immensity in their vast extent, his wisdom in the order [110] of their movements, his goodness in the benign influences they shed continually over all creatures, and his beauty in the Sun and in the aspect of the Stars

      This shows a deep, loving, view of their god it seems like. A dream like version of him

    2. Having obeyed him, and having upset the dishes upon the ground, they perceived it was only venomous reptiles she had presented to them. Having refreshed themselves with the second course, it was a question of bending the rolled bow, which not one of them succeeded in doing, except the young man in whose behalf the journey had been undertaken

      After a hard journey these people are set with a strong challenge ahead. After everything they are going through they stand strong behind their leader.

    3. They immediately assembled; she points out to them what she saw, and asks them what they think it fitting to do. The greater part refer the matter to the Beaver, who, through courtesy, hands over the whole to the judgment of the Turtle, whose final opinion was that they should all promptly set to work, dive to the bottom of the water, bring up soil to her, and put. it on her back. No sooner said than done, and the woman fell very gently on this Island

      They show a form of teamwork with the animals as they come together to help the woman, a woman who came to be pregnant but also has her daughter shortly after this moment.

    4. the greater part boast of deriving their origin from Heaven, which they found on the following fable, which passes among them for a truth.

      To see they take fable's and take them as truths shows that they were too open minded in what they believe without needed support to back it up. The were very open in their faith.