The Atlantic Monthly, volume 09, No. 54, April, 1862
The Atlantic Monthly, volume 09, No. 54, April, 1862
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Thislaw has been the Nemesis of the young Virginian. His descent demandsexcitement and activity; and unless he becomes emasculated into aclay-eater, he obtains the excitement that his ancestors got in war, andthe New-Englander gets in work, in gaming, horse-racing, and all mannerof dissipation. His life verifies the proverb, that the idle brain isthe Devil's workshop. He is trained to despise labor, for it puts him ona level with his father's slaves. At the University of Virginia one maysee the... extent of demoralization to which eight generations of idlenesscan bring English blood. There the spree, the riot, and we might almostsay the duel, are normal. About five years ago we spent some timeat Charlottesville. The evening of our arrival was the occasion ofwitnessing some of the ways of the students. A hundred or more of themwith blackened or masked faces were rushing about the college yard; alarge fire was burning around a stake, upon which was the effigy of awoman. A gentleman connected with the University, with whom we werewalking, informed us that the special occasion of this affair was, thata near relative of Mrs.
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