Wells, Samuel R. (Samuel Roberts), 1820-1875 · New York, Fowler and Wells · leaf 431
rman slowness and phlegm. Travelers describethem as a generous and hospitable people, with much simplic-ity and credulity. They send forth the best soldiers of Italy. The Genoese show their descent from the ancient Liguri-ans, in their proud, independent characters and hardy habits ;they are an… … THE ITALIAN 425 Above Genoa, along the whole chain of the Apennines,down to Abruzzo and Calabria, lives a primitive race, alwayshardy and independent, says the authority quoted above, toopoor for taxation and too independent for conscription. Fromthem come the smugglers and banditti of Italy. They…
Physiognomy · Phrenology
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