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Wesblock, the autobiography of an automaton

Chapter 26: Transcriber’s Notes
By Harry McDonald Walters
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A first-person life account narrated by a man who characterizes himself as an automaton, recalling a modest upbringing in a Quebec city, early family life, schooling, work, and the slow development of self-awareness. He examines personal failures and social surroundings with wry introspection, reflecting on habit, duty, and the narrowness that threatened to make him unfit, offering moral self-scrutiny and observations on religion, community, and domestic relations. The tone combines plain storytelling, humor, and occasional sermonizing as he evaluates whether his life was worthwhile and seeks to understand how small circumstances shaped his character.

Transcriber’s Notes

  • pg 15 Changed: cruelly on the slighest pretext
    to: cruelly on the slightest pretext
  • pg 29 Changed: playlet with an entirely male caste
    to: playlet with an entirely male cast
  • pg 51 Changed: which happened one moonlight night
    to: which happened one moonlit night
  • pg 61 Changed: But with perseverence, patience and time
    to: But with perseverance, patience and time
  • pg 82 Changed: with much love to aid the deliverence
    to: with much love to aid the deliverance
  • pg 100 Changed: no knowledge of its pecularities
    to: no knowledge of its peculiarities
  • pg 111 Changed: glad to possess, except perhaps perseverence
    to: glad to possess, except perhaps perseverance
  • pg 115 Changed: appeared to be kneeding something
    to: appeared to be kneading something
  • pg 119 Changed: promotors would get a great deal
    to: promoters would get a great deal
  • pg 162 Changed: and with much patience and peseverence
    to: and with much patience and perseverance
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