The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition
The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition
Stevenson, Robert Louis, 1850-1894
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" Alittle after he went out into the garden suddenly, and I could hear himsobbing in the darkness. The humiliation of their arms and the loss of Alsace and Lorraine made asore pull on the endurance of this sensitive people; and their heartsare still hot, not so much against Germany as against the Empire. Inwhat other country will you find a patriotic ditty bring all the worldinto the street? But affliction heightens love; and we shall never knowwe are Englishmen until we have lost India. Indepe...ndent America is stillthe cross of my existence; I cannot think of Farmer George withoutabhorrence; and I never feel more warmly to my own land than when I seethe Stars and Stripes, and remember what our empire might have been. The hawker's little book, which I purchased, was a curious mixture. Sideby side with the flippant, rowdy nonsense of the Paris music-halls, there were many pastoral pieces, not without a touch of poetry, Ithought, and instinct with the brave independence of the poorer class inFrance.
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