Subj : Stephen Leacock again
To   : Ardith Hinton
From : alexander koryagin
Date : Fri Jul 06 2018 16:56:58

Hi, Ardith Hinton!
I read your message from  04.07.2018 15:02
about Stephen Leacock again.

 AH> Robertson Davies (1913-1995)... i.e. the Canadian writer, newspaper
 AH> editor, and part-time university instructor? Yes, I would agree
 AH> that he knew what he was doing & I'm delighted that you're studying
 AH> Canadian authors. ;-)

This quote was taken from the humorous story "A lecture on walking" (Last 
leaves, 1945),  written by Stephen  Leacock. AFAIR, he was a Canadian, too, 
although he was born in the UK. He hadn't told us who was that "high 
authority".

BTW, can I say the last sentence without "us"?
"He hadn't told who was that 'high authority'".

 ak>> "Walking in the nobler sense is a measured progress inspired of
 ak>> the woods and hills, by rivers and [the] flowers of the field, a
 ak>> serene partaking of the enduring sources of joy".

 ak>> Can I change "of" for "by" in "progress inspired of the woods and
 ak>> hills"?

 AH> Once I'd typed out enough of the citation Google located an article
 AH> published in the July 1962 edition of the ROTARIAN magazine which
 AH> seems to be the one you are referring to. This version
 AH> says "inspired *by* the woods and hills", as you suggested.

 AH> https://tinyurl.com/ycbd9nrk

 AH> From a stylistic POV I'd keep the second "by" as it stands.... :-)

I don't know. Although I know that American and British versions can be 
slightly different. This photo taken from my paper book (published in the USSR 
in 1958).

https://drive.google.com/open?id=1LhmuaB1Q_NC_Ng6pTDdJQJeaLBw9gKdN

Bye, Ardith!
Alexander Koryagin
ENGLISH_TUTOR 2018

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