Excerpt from The Journal of Louis H???mon For the optimism which, all told, is general among them, is of the most reasonable sort. Scarcely any are seen who imagine they are going to a magnificent Eldorado whence they will be able to return, after very few years, to live in ease at home. They hope, evidently, to succeed better there than in England, since they have left; but they are aware, also, that they will find a sterner struggle, a much harder cli mate, and, above all, that atmosphere of simple cruelty characteristic ...
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Excerpt from The Journal of Louis H???mon For the optimism which, all told, is general among them, is of the most reasonable sort. Scarcely any are seen who imagine they are going to a magnificent Eldorado whence they will be able to return, after very few years, to live in ease at home. They hope, evidently, to succeed better there than in England, since they have left; but they are aware, also, that they will find a sterner struggle, a much harder cli mate, and, above all, that atmosphere of simple cruelty characteristic of a young country which is forging ahead and has hardly time to stop to pity and help those who fall by the way, having failed. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at ... This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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