 The great mass of nations is neither rich nor gay. They whose aggregate constitutes the people are found in the streets and the villages, in the shops and farms ; and from them collectively considered must the measure of general prosperity be taken.  The London Quarterly Review - Page 201828Full view - About this book
 | T. H. Breen - History - 2004 - 400 pages
...assemblies of the gay, or the banquets of the rich. The great mass of nations is neither rich nor gay: they whose aggregate constitutes the people, are found...in the streets, and the villages, in the shops and farms.6" Where best to locate the "true state of common life" has, of course, presented historians... | |
 | Peter Mathias - England - 2006 - 360 pages
...assemblies of the gay, or the banquets of the rich. The great mass of nations is neither rich nor gay: they whose aggregate constitutes the people, are found...considered, must the measure of general prosperity be taken. As they approach to delicacy a nation is refined as their conveniences are multiplied, a nation, at... | |
 | 1905 - 314 pages
...assemblies of the gay or the banquets of the rich. The great mass of nations is neither rich nor gay; they whose aggregate constitutes the people are found...must the measure of general prosperity be taken." On education, a burning question of our day, he said : " I hate byroads to education. Endeavouring... | |
 | Timothy Dwight, Jedidiah Morse - History - 1815 - 192 pages
...whose aggregate constitutes the people, arerfound in the streets and the villages, in the shops and the farms: and from them, collectively considered, must the measure of general prosperity be taken." From these I have judged of the real character of the Americans; and I found it as difficult to discover... | |
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