. The science of railways . A Yannouth cart. The British Empire is the greatest in the worldand the most splendid ever known to man. Itextends into every zone and climate, and includesone-sixth of the land of the globe. We have noknowledge of any people, past or present, theequals of the English in the art of governing; inknowledge of good government, in enforcementof necessary checks and safeguards, or possessingtheir power of self-restraint, without which goodgovernment is impossible. The Victorian Era is 444 CARRIAGE IN BRITISH ISLES. the greatest, thus far, in the history of Brit
. The science of railways . A Yannouth cart. The British Empire is the greatest in the worldand the most splendid ever known to man. Itextends into every zone and climate, and includesone-sixth of the land of the globe. We have noknowledge of any people, past or present, theequals of the English in the art of governing; inknowledge of good government, in enforcementof necessary checks and safeguards, or possessingtheir power of self-restraint, without which goodgovernment is impossible. The Victorian Era is 444 CARRIAGE IN BRITISH ISLES. the greatest, thus far, in the history of Britain has shared in an especial degree inthe prosperity that has attended it. How far thebenefits mankind liave received have been due tothe wisdom and virtues of Queen Victoria, we cannot tell, but that they have been great, no one willquestion, any more than they will the fact thather gracious personality will favorably influencethe destinies of the world for ages to Going to market in Connemara, Ireland. The temperament of the Irishpeople is generous, highly imaginative and poetical. The most glaring con-trasts exist between the Irishman and his English brother. This dissimilarityhas existed from the earliest times. Climate and food have had much to dowith it, for when they come to the United States the difference disappears andone cannot be distinguished from the other. They both become Americans—and the best of Americans. CARRIAGE IN BRITISH ISLES. 445
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