The Bookshelf for boys and girls Historic Tales and Golden Deeds part 3 (1912)
University Society, New York · New York : University Society · leaf 153
e force. At the death of a proprietorhis property is divided among his children, sothat it is seldom possible to find large holdingsanywhere. Even if a man by saving and dili-gence add to his small estate, the inexorable lawsof nature—and the Republic—soon reduce it totiny proportions. The French… … z < z < z ao co o c oc u o p5 o 3 o -T3u u U J3 GLIMPSES OF EUROPEAN COUNTRIES 143 intelligence as he lias—and he is not withoutconsiderable native shrewdness—he concen-trates entirely on his life-long struggle to win ascanty subsistence from the soil. His ownershipof his little plot gives…
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