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 80
of very profoundeffort, and his love of change is so all-pervading that on thefirst opportunity for indulging it he is apt to shoot Niagarawithout caring or tliinking what comes afterwards. Com-pleteness of theory, says Dr. Brown, is his curse; utter wantof any capacity for halving the difference… … PLEASANT FRANCE. 71 form of government to another, the superior advantage ofwhich is not apparent to more prosaic spectators. Whatever his infirmities, no one has yet presumed todoubt the Frenchmans courage, his sentiment of discipline orhis patriotism. It is certain that no other people in the…
Ethnology · Manners and customs · Temperament
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