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Title: The world's inhabitants; or, Mankind, animals, and plants; being a popular account of the races and nations of mankind, past and present, and the animals and plants inhabiting the great continents and principal islands
Year: 1888 (1880s)
Authors: Bettany, G. T. (George Thomas), 1850-1891
Subjects: Civilization Culture
Publisher: London Ward, Lock
Contributing Library: Robarts - University of Toronto
Digitizing Sponsor: University of Toronto

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use of this ? as if knowledge for its own sake, although it may be of a quarrel over some intangible distinction, or the date of some unintelligible inscription, were not always a good thing. Thoroughness is his motto, though it be at the expense of eyes, health, society, income, so long af England and tobacco is iiot denied him. It is to be acknowledged tha^ its history. Q.grman professors have told us many things about our own history and literature of which we were ignorant, and have shamed us i by their enthusiasm for men and things which we were accustomed to regard coolly as simple items in our appanage of greatness. But the German lieutenant—he has been endowed by our imagina-tion,—set on fire by the rapid and almost theatrical march of events in the THE GERMANS. 3 Aiistro-Prussian and the Franco-German wars,—^ith almost super-human qualities of foresight, knowledge, resource, and courage. The GermanIt is true that he has been well educatad for his war business soldier. I
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SUABIAN PEASANT WOMAN. that he knows geography, military tactics, and languages, in a way veryunJike that of a drawing-room warrior, and makes his profes- Educationsion his practice, his h±e. He has simply gone into mihtary and driu. I I 114 THE INHABITANTS OF EUROPE. matters with the same energy which our professional man or manu-facturer devotes to his business. He has practised what he protessed;there were many hke him to take his place if he fell, and the system hassucceeded. But at what an enormous cost! Germany groans under the terrible burden of h^r military system,

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