“Sherry...a silly, sickly compound, the use of which will transform a nation, however bold and warlike by nature, into a race of sketchers, scribblers, and punsters, in fact into what Englishmen are at the present day.” FactsUseNationsRaceSillyEnglishmenCompoundsPresent DaySherry Author:George Henry Borrow
“I have always been a friend to hero-worship; it is the only rational one, and has always been in use amongst civilized people - the worship of spirits is synonymous with barbarism - it is mere fetish. ... There is something philosophic in the worship of the heroes of the human race.” PeopleHumansUseSpiritRaceHeroWorshipMereRationalHuman RaceCivilizedBarbarismFetishPhilosophicHero Worship Book:Roving Adventures, Or Lavengro: The Scholar - the Gipsy - the Priest Source: Roving Adventures, Or Lavengro: The Scholar - the Gipsy - the Priest
