Select Writings of Ralph Waldo EmersonW. Scott, 1888 - 351 pages |
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Page 12
... race , is it not , that puts the hundred millions of India under the dominion of a remote island in the north of Europe ? Race avails much , if that be true , which is alleged , that all Celts are Catholics , and all Saxons are ...
... race , is it not , that puts the hundred millions of India under the dominion of a remote island in the north of Europe ? Race avails much , if that be true , which is alleged , that all Celts are Catholics , and all Saxons are ...
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... race than any from which they are derived . Nor is it easy to trace it home to its original seats . Who can call by right names what races are in Britain ? Who can trace them historically ? Who can discriminate them anatomically , or ...
... race than any from which they are derived . Nor is it easy to trace it home to its original seats . Who can call by right names what races are in Britain ? Who can trace them historically ? Who can discriminate them anatomically , or ...
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... race . These queries concerning ancestry and blood may be well allowed , for there is no prosperity that seems more to depend on the kind of man than British prosperity . Only a hardy and wise people could have made this small territory ...
... race . These queries concerning ancestry and blood may be well allowed , for there is no prosperity that seems more to depend on the kind of man than British prosperity . Only a hardy and wise people could have made this small territory ...
Contents
INTRODUCTION | vii |
FIRST VISIT TO ENGLAND I | 1 |
RACE AND ABILITY II | 11 |
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