The bright side of humanity; glimpses of life in every land (1900)
Pell, Edward Leigh, 1861- [from old catalog] · Richmond, Va., The B. F. Johnson publishing co · leaf 276
times foundto possess a fortitude such as the stoics attribute to their idealsage. A European warrior, who rushes on a patrol of cannonwith a loud hurrah, will sometimes shriek under the surgeonsknife, and fall in an agony of despair at the sentence of death.But the Bengalee who would see his… … HINDU TRAITS. 253 scaffold \vitli the steady step and even pulse of AlgernonSidney. The Parsees inculcate respectable living, and strenuouslyinsist upon a careful fulfillment of ones promises, industry,humanity even towards animals, and blamelessness in thought,word and deed. The Parsees are the…
Ethnology · Manners and customs · Temperament
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