Books And Habits From the Lectures of Lafcadio Hearn
The book Books And Habits From the Lectures of Lafcadio Hearn was written by author Hearn, Lafcadio, 1850-1904 Here you can read free online of Books And Habits From the Lectures of Lafcadio Hearn book, rate and share your impressions in comments. If you don't know what to write, just answer the question: Why is Books And Habits From the Lectures of Lafcadio Hearn a good or bad book?
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It is something to be proud of, to be the son of a good man;it helps to success in life. On the other hand, to have had a father ofill reputation is a very serious obstacle to success of any kind incountries where the influence of heredity is strongly recognized. I have nearly exhausted the examples of this Northern wisdom which Iselected for you; but there are two subjects which remain to beconsidered. One is the law of conduct in regard to misfortune; and theother is the rule of conduct in re...gard to women. A man was expected tokeep up a brave heart under any circumstances. These old Northmen seldomcommitted suicide; and I must tell you that all the talk aboutChristianity having checked the practice of suicide to some extent, cannot be fairly accepted as truth. In modern England to-day the suicidesaverage nearly three thousand a year; but making allowance forextraordinary circumstances, it is certainly true that the Northern racesconsider suicide in an entirely different way from what the Latin racesdo.
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