| William Thomas Stead - 1895 - 630 páginas
...understand its value. The Central Americans are like a lot of semi-barbarians in a beautifully furmskd house, of which they can understand neither its possibilities...use. They are the dogs in the manger among nations. Nature has given to their country great pasture-land», wonderful forests of rare woods and fruits,... | |
| Richard Harding Davis - 1896 - 318 páginas
...account, or remain with its original owner, who fails to understand its value. The Central-Americans are like a gang of semibarbarians in a beautifully...use. They are the dogs in the manger among nations. Nature has given to their country great pasture -lands, wonderful forests of rare woods and fruits,... | |
| 1897 - 784 páginas
...neck of every republic in Central America, and turned it to some account. . . . The Central-Americans are like a gang of semibarbarians in a beautifully...use. They are the dogs in the manger among nations. Nature has given to their country great pasture-lands, wonderful forests of rare woods and fruits,... | |
| Benjamin Kidd - 1898 - 132 páginas
...people make it a nuisance and an affront to other nations. . . . The Central Americans are like a lot of semi-barbarians in a beautifully furnished house,...neither its possibilities of comfort nor its use. . . . Nature has given to their country great pasture lands, wonderful forests of rare woods and fruits,... | |
| Mike Mason - 1997 - 527 páginas
...willing to turn it to account, or remain with its original owner, who fails to understand its value. The Central Americans are like a gang of semi-barbarians...understand neither its possibilities of comfort nor its use.12 Obviously, Central America needed Uncle Sam. A series of headlines over an article by Frederick... | |
| Brady Harrison - 2004 - 260 páginas
...read his work know what a famous American thinks of them. When he remarks that "the Central-Americans are like a gang of semi-barbarians in a beautifully...neither its possibilities of comfort nor its use," he warns them (he hopes) that the United States will soon set them on a better path." Davis, as Wilson... | |
| Richard Harding Davis - 2006 - 276 páginas
...account, or remain with its original owner, who fails to understand its value. The Central-Americans are like a gang of semi-barbarians in a beautifully...use. They are the dogs in the manger among nations. Nature has given to their country great pasture-lands, wonderful forests of rare woods and fruits,... | |
| Henry Mills Alden, Frederick Lewis Allen, Lee Foster Hartman, Thomas Bucklin Wells - 1895 - 988 páginas
...owner, who fails to understand its value. The Central - Americans are like a lot of semi -barbarians in a beautifully furnished house, of which they can...use. They are the dogs in the manger among nations. Nature has given to their country great pasture -lands, wonderful forests of rare woods and fruits,... | |
| Albert Shaw - 1895 - 684 páginas
...remain with its original owner, who fails to understand its value. The Central Americans are like a lot of semi-barbarians in a beautifully furnished house,...neither its possibilities of comfort nor its use. They aro the dogs in the manger among nations. Nature has given to their country great pasture-lands, wonderful... | |
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