. Ridpath's Universal history : an account of the origin, primitive condition and ethnic development of the great races of mankind, and of the principal events in the evolution and progress of the civilized life among men and nations, from recent and authentic sources with a preliminary inquiry on the time, place and manner of the beginning. ogether and whirlsin a vortex. There was a time in the history ofIceland when the tendencies were inthis direction. It has been remarkedthat the old life in the island was tur- THli XORSE.—Ii 1:L. I XDJiRS. 45 biilcnt and anarchic, but at the sametime free
. Ridpath's Universal history : an account of the origin, primitive condition and ethnic development of the great races of mankind, and of the principal events in the evolution and progress of the civilized life among men and nations, from recent and authentic sources with a preliminary inquiry on the time, place and manner of the beginning. ogether and whirlsin a vortex. There was a time in the history ofIceland when the tendencies were inthis direction. It has been remarkedthat the old life in the island was tur- THli XORSE.—Ii 1:L. I XDJiRS. 45 biilcnt and anarchic, but at the sametime free and varied. Under these con-Christianity as a ditions the g-reat Iceland-leveling agent ^^ produced. There thwarted the J- commercial life, were mcii of Hotc, Capablein ^var and in peace, arbitrary and strong,even luxurious in their habits. Theirelevation above the peasantry was soconsiderable as to awaken the strugglesof competition and rivalry. But it ap- of men to a brotherhood of equals. Theremay have been other forces whieh workedin like manner to prevent the building-up of great Icelandic cities, the creationof emporiums and manufactures, and theinstitution of those violent competitivedispositions which men display underthe influences and ambitions of gain al-ready gotten or to be acquired. Unfortunately, the Reformation did. NORSE HOSPITALITY.— Reception of Stranger bv Icelandic Family.—Drawn by V. Foulquier, after a sketch of Nougaret. pears that in a particular manner in thiscountry the introduction of Christianitywas a leveling force which checked theplay of the natural passions and abateddiversity of development. We need notbe surprised if the facts should show thatthe Icelanders are an exceedingly sin-cere people, that they accepted the Gos-pel in a literal and practical way, andthat they, in the manner of simple folk,applied its principles as they were in-tended to be applied, in the reduction little for the Icelandic people. The po-litical situation was suc
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