The book The Novels And Tales of Robert Louis Stevenson.. was written by author Stevenson, Robert Louis, 1850-1894 Here you can read free online of The Novels And Tales of Robert Louis Stevenson.. book, rate and share your impressions in comments. If you don't know what to write, just answer the question: Why is The Novels And Tales of Robert Louis Stevenson.. a good or bad book?
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Had all these return voyagers made a fortune in the mines ? Were they all bound for Paris, and to be in Rome by Easter? It would seem not, for, whenever we met them, the passengers ran on the platform and cried to us through the windows, in a kind of wailing chorus, to "Come back." On the plains of Nebraska, in the mountains of Wyoming, it was still the same cry, and dismal to my heart, "Come back!" That was what we heard by the way "about the good coun- try we were going to." And at that very ...hour the Sand-lot of San Francisco was crowded with the un- employed, and the echo from the other side of Market Street was repeating the rant of demagogues. If, in truth, it were only for the sake of wages that men emigrate, how many thousands would regret the 138 Digitized by Google ACROSS THE PLAINS bargain ! But wages, indeed, are only one considera* tion out of many; for we are a race of gipsies, and love change and travel for themselves. DESPISED RACES Of all stupid ilt-feelings, the sentiment of my fellow- Caucasians towards our companions in the Chinese car was the most stupid and the worst They seemed never to have looked at them, listened to them, or thought of them, but hated them a priori.
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