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Ryerson’s works are legion, and upon any one of his major achievements a lesser man might have resisted his claim to fame. …

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By a strange coincidence Ryerson, son of Anglican parents, became the leader of the forces opposed to Strachan, son of Presbyterianism, and protagonist of the Anglican pretensions in Upper Canada. Ryerson’s works are legion, and upon any one of his major achievements a lesser man might have resisted his claim to fame. … He successfully challenged undemocratic government, particularly as it affected a state church, clergy reserves, an unlicensed nonconformist clergy, and denominationally controlled schools. His voluminous writings on educational and national affairs, as well as his pioneer work, The Loyalists and Their Times …, have enriched our literature. He was a statesman, and capably administered the educational system of Ontario for thirty-two years, and in addition to that, he established the oldest religious journal, and founded the largest publishing house, in the Dominion.