“there is less alms-giving in America than in any other Christian country on the face of the globe. It is not in the temper of the people either to give or to receive.” PeopleGivingCountryChristianAmericaFacesCharityTemperGlobesGiving InAlms Book:Domestic Manners of the Americans Source: Domestic Manners of the Americans
“It seems hardly fair to quarrel with a place because its staple commodity is not pretty, but I am sure I should have liked Cincinnati much better if the people had not dealt so very largely in hogs.” PeopleIfsShouldSeemsCitiesFairsShould HaveCommodityQuarrelsHogStaplesNot Pretty Book:Domestic Manners of the Americans Source: Domestic Manners of the Americans
“When newspapers are the principal vehicles of the wit and wisdom of a people, the higher graces of composition can hardly be looked for.” PeopleGraceHigherWitNewspapersVehiclePrincipalCompositionWit And Wisdom Book:Domestic Manners of the Americans Source: Domestic Manners of the Americans
“I never saw any people who appeared to live so much without amusement as the Cincinnatians.... Were it not for the churches,... Ithink there might be a general bonfire of best bonnets, for I never could discover any other use for them.” PeopleUseMightReligionChurchSawsEntertainmentAmusementBonfireBonnets Book:Domestic Manners of the Americans Source: Domestic Manners of the Americans
