Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science, Volume 20, September, 1877

Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science, Volume 20, September, 1877.

AMONG THE KABYLES. A PADUAN HOLIDAY. A LAW UNTO HERSELF. A WISH. MADAME PATTERSON-BONAPARTE. A SUMMER EVENING'S DREAM. BRANDYWINE, 1777. A GREAT DAY. A VENETIAN OF THE EIGHTEENTH CENTURY. HEINE. THE MARQUIS OF LOSSIE. OUR BLACKBIRDS. OUR MONTHLY GOSSIP. LITERATURE OF THE DAY. BOOKS RECEIVED. Remains of old nationalities are scattered in odd corners all over the earth. Every land, almost, possesses a relic of the kind markedly different from the specimens preserved elsewhere, and peculiar enough to give color to the old theory of its having sprung from the soil. These torn and battered shreds of humanity are usually found lodged among the rocks, the blast of foreign invasion having driven them thither from the [Pg 266]plains. The mountains not only give them shelter, but seem to reinfuse new vigor, and thus in many cases enable them to exert more or less of a reflex influence on their conquerors. This influence varies with the character of the country and of the respective races. The invaders, if actuated by civilizing impulses and not mere military ambition, will make themselves useful and necessary to the natives, develop what capacity they have, and absorb them politically. In the opposite case fusion is not effected, and a degree of antagonism is maintained which breaks out on occasion into actual hostilities. Between these two extreme cases we may trace an infinity of examples, modified by endless combinations of circumstances and conditions. ......Buy Now (To Read More)

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