The World of To-day: The Marvels of Nature and the Creations of Man, Volume 2Harry Johnston, Leslie Haden Baron Haden-Guest William H. Wise & Company, 1937 |
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Page 652
... American on the instant talking to him as to a person he had known all his life , dispensing with all the formali- ties hallowed by custom in the older countries . The American is surprised that anyone should find anything strange about ...
... American on the instant talking to him as to a person he had known all his life , dispensing with all the formali- ties hallowed by custom in the older countries . The American is surprised that anyone should find anything strange about ...
Page 656
... America . There is the estimate of a French writer : The American has neither the egotism of the Englishman nor the arrogance of the German , but he possesses their practical sense ; he has not the light - heartedness of the Frenchman ...
... America . There is the estimate of a French writer : The American has neither the egotism of the Englishman nor the arrogance of the German , but he possesses their practical sense ; he has not the light - heartedness of the Frenchman ...
Page 657
... Americans are big business men , keen , alert and progressive ; they have audacity , imagination and boldness . The American takes immense trouble to bring the aid of science to the solution of all kinds of difficulties ; he shows skill ...
... Americans are big business men , keen , alert and progressive ; they have audacity , imagination and boldness . The American takes immense trouble to bring the aid of science to the solution of all kinds of difficulties ; he shows skill ...
Contents
INDIA Concluded | 501 |
MALAYA BORNEO AND HONG KONG | 527 |
AUSTRALIA | 531 |
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