A dictionary of Marshall McLuhan’s quotations

I have always felt that one of Canada’s great assets was it being a kind of “backwater”. Now having been totally involved in current trends it has been able to enjoy a flexibility that is rare.”
Letter to P.E. Trudeau, April 16, (1968), cited in, Been Hoping We Might Meet Again, edited by Elaine Kahn, (2019). p 51
Year: 1968
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