. The world's inhabitants; or, Mankind, animals, and plants; being a popular account of the races and nations of mankind, past and present, and the animals and plants inhabiting the great continents and principal islands. rom Denmark in 181-4. Norway had always cherished morerepublican ideas than Sweden, and wassuccessful in asserting its position as aseparate and not an annexed Norwegians abohshed Dualtitles of nobility, restricted i^in& the prerogatives of the Crown,and insisted successfully on the appointment of Norwegians, and notReforms in Swedes, to Norwegian offic
. The world's inhabitants; or, Mankind, animals, and plants; being a popular account of the races and nations of mankind, past and present, and the animals and plants inhabiting the great continents and principal islands. rom Denmark in 181-4. Norway had always cherished morerepublican ideas than Sweden, and wassuccessful in asserting its position as aseparate and not an annexed Norwegians abohshed Dualtitles of nobility, restricted i^in& the prerogatives of the Crown,and insisted successfully on the appointment of Norwegians, and notReforms in Swedes, to Norwegian offices. These struggles were not wdtli-sweden. q^^^ ^ reflex influence on Sweden, in which maiw reformswere supported by enlightened kings, who in numerous ways have pro-moted the prosperity of the two countries, and kept them out of manyJangers of foreign complications. The chief cause of the marked differences between the Scandinavians of the past and of the present is the long-continued drain of the hardiest Lonff- spirits, who either settled or died in foreign lands. Thus continue Northmen supplied their best blood to Normand^, Great enugra ion. g^.^^^^jj^^ ^^^^ ^j^g Meditenanean shores; and the country is the. NOKWEGIAN WOMAN : TROMSOE. THE SCANDINAVIANS. 143 poorer to-day for their loss. Yet the^^ possess at the present day manyexcellent qualities, although they have by no means the leaning to mili-tary fame and discipline of their German relatives. Emigration continuesto prevent great increase of their numbers. The fair, tall, flaxen-haired type of Scandinavian is still predominant in numbers : but there is not wanting considerable intermixture ^ . ... , Fair type of a darker type, indicating the presence of Lapp or Finn blood, mixed with The Scandinavians, as a rule, are not merely patriotic but overweeningly dark.
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