 The possession of land is the aim of all action, generally speaking, and the cure for all social evils, among men in the United States. If a man is disappointed in politics or love, he goes and buys land. If he disgraces himself, he betakes himself to...  The English Traveller in America, 1785-1835 - Pagina 149door Jane Louise Mesick - 1922 - 370 pagina’sVolledige weergave - Over dit boek
 | Harriet Martineau - 1837 - 426 pagina’s
...the workings of democratic institutions, than the complex arrangements of commerce and manufactures. The possession of land is the aim of all action, generally speaking, and the cure for all social evils, among men in the United States. If a man is disappointed in politics or love,... | |
 | Harriet Martineau - 1837 - 410 pagina’s
...workings of democratic institutions, than the complex arrangeJments of commerce and manufactures. i«The possession of land is the aim of all action, generally speaking, and the cure for all social among men in the United States. If a man is disappointed in politics or love, he goes... | |
 | Harriet Martineau - 1837 - 432 pagina’s
...the workings of democratic institutions, than the complex arrangements of commerce and manufactures. The possession of land is the aim of all action, generally speaking, and the~ctrre for all social eyls, among men in the United States. If a man is disap*poinfed rn~politics... | |
 | Howard Walter Caldwell, Clark Edmund Persinger - 1909 - 544 pagina’s
...mahogany furniture, and the tolerably good library. . . . " 21 Eagerness to own land (Harriet Martineau). "The possession of land is the aim of all action, generally speaking, and the cure for all social evils. If a man is disappointed in politics or love, he goes and buys land. If he disgraces... | |
 | Frank Albert Fetter - 1912 - 400 pagina’s
...settlement. The vivacious Miss Martineau, in her "Travels in America," published in 1837, has recorded that "the possession of land is the aim of all action, generally speaking, and the cure for all social ills among men in the United States. If a man is disappointed in politics or love, he... | |
 | Frank Albert Fetter - 1912 - 402 pagina’s
...settlement. The vivacious Miss Martineau, in her "Travels in America," published in 1837, has recorded that "the possession of land is the aim of all action, generally speaking, and the cure for all social ills among men in the United States. If a man is disappointed in politics or love, he... | |
 | Max Farrand - 1918 - 382 pagina’s
...wrote : — The possession of land is the aim of all actions, generally speaking, and the cure for all social evils, among men in the United States. If a man is dis182 appointed in politics or love, he goes and buys land. If he disgraces himself, he betakes himself... | |
 | Marvin Meyers - 1960 - 324 pagina’s
...solace, a refuge, a social springboard; a sort of validation and ultimate reward for a life's work. Thus: The possession of land is the aim of all action, generally speaking, and the cure for all social evils, among men in the United States. If a man is disappointed in politics or love,... | |
 | John Agnew - 1987 - 292 pagina’s
...course, there was more to it than this. As Harriet Martineau, an English traveler, observed in the 1830s: 'The possession of land is the aim of all action, generally speaking, and the cure for all social ills among men in the United States. If a man is disappointed in politics or love, he... | |
 | Fred Setterberg - 1999 - 560 pagina’s
...At the Caffe Capitol one day I introduced myself to the assembled Poetry Society of Springfield, he possession of land is the aim of all action, generally speaking, and the cure for all social evils, among men in the United States. If a man is disappointed in politics or love... | |
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