. The Brazilians and their country . m 13X 5. BRAZILIAN PIOME LIFE 123 forth something inherent in the Brazilian character. Thecountry is first of all an agricultural domain of colossalarea, and the fazendeiro still holds in his hand the na-tion s key. Of him one has said, * Such authority as heknows has vanished, perhaps, from the gieater part ofthe world; but in Brazil it rules unquestioned, forming apowerful bond between the soil and its owner. In hissolitude the land owner indulges his law of intellectualculture; he inclines toward philosophy; he possesses acertain natural eloquence. This
. The Brazilians and their country . m 13X 5. BRAZILIAN PIOME LIFE 123 forth something inherent in the Brazilian character. Thecountry is first of all an agricultural domain of colossalarea, and the fazendeiro still holds in his hand the na-tion s key. Of him one has said, * Such authority as heknows has vanished, perhaps, from the gieater part ofthe world; but in Brazil it rules unquestioned, forming apowerful bond between the soil and its owner. In hissolitude the land owner indulges his law of intellectualculture; he inclines toward philosophy; he possesses acertain natural eloquence. This Brazilian aristocracyenjoys political as well as social power. They form thestructure, the framework of all party politics; they are itsstrength, its very life; it is they who govern and admin-ister Brazil. One is confronted here with the remnantsof a feudal oligarchy, with the culture and refinementbelonging to it in the middle ages of Europe, but with thestriking difference that this older and influential Brazil-ian social order is being v
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