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... time and limited opportunity . Be this as it may , however , the book is a good
book , filled with the marks of a benevolent spirit , and contrasting widely and
most refreshingly with the “ tours ” and “ travels " with which the press is wont to
teem .
... time and limited opportunity . Be this as it may , however , the book is a good
book , filled with the marks of a benevolent spirit , and contrasting widely and
most refreshingly with the “ tours ” and “ travels " with which the press is wont to
teem .
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There is a want here of those little outward signs and tokens of a spirit of comfort ,
of a disposition to have things in order , to repair and renew , from which I infer an
inferior state of well - being among the rural population here . These are trifles ...
There is a want here of those little outward signs and tokens of a spirit of comfort ,
of a disposition to have things in order , to repair and renew , from which I infer an
inferior state of well - being among the rural population here . These are trifles ...
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Improvement in these must proceed from a spirit of improvement among the
people themselves ; and this spirit is kept down and extinguished by the principle
of the interference of government in all things , even in branches of private
industry .
Improvement in these must proceed from a spirit of improvement among the
people themselves ; and this spirit is kept down and extinguished by the principle
of the interference of government in all things , even in branches of private
industry .
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... Laing adds the influence of the example of a dissolute court amidst a poor and
idle population . “ The Swedes , ” he continues , “ laboured to be lively , and
attained the distinction of being called the French of the North . This spirit of
imitation ...
... Laing adds the influence of the example of a dissolute court amidst a poor and
idle population . “ The Swedes , ” he continues , “ laboured to be lively , and
attained the distinction of being called the French of the North . This spirit of
imitation ...
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With an upper class so utterly devoid of political principle as that of Sweden has
invariably shown itself , so destitute of public spirit , and even of an ordinary
sense of justice , the feature which Mr . Laing points out as characterizing the
national ...
With an upper class so utterly devoid of political principle as that of Sweden has
invariably shown itself , so destitute of public spirit , and even of an ordinary
sense of justice , the feature which Mr . Laing points out as characterizing the
national ...
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