 | Sidney Perley - 1899 - 570 halaman
...broader scientific outlook of the present day, the importance of such matters is better appreciated. The pedigrees of horses, dogs, and fancy pigeons have...yeomen, parsons and lawyers. One might as well expect to see a dray horse win the Derby. It is, moreover, only when we habitually bear in mind the threads... | |
 | John Fiske - 1900 - 478 halaman
...student of human affairs, are the pedigrees of men. By no possible ingenuity of constttution-making or of legislation can a society made up of ruffians...level of a society made up of well-bred merchants and Value of yeomen, parsons and lawyers. One might as well genealogy expect to see a dray horse win the... | |
 | Philip Alexander Bruce, William Glover Stanard - 1904 - 622 halaman
...Neighbors, says: "The pedigrees of horses, dogs, and fancy pigeons have a value that is quotable in hard cash. Far more important for the student of human...yeomen, parsons and lawyers. One might as well expect to see a drayhorse win the Derby. It is, moreover, only when we habitually bear in mind the threads... | |
 | John P. Wallace - 1920 - 134 halaman
...pedigrees of men. By no possible ingenuity of legislation can a society made up of ruffians and boon be raised to the intellectual and moral level of a...yeomen, parsons and lawyers. One might as well expect to see a dray horse win the Derby. In offering this Historic Genealogy of our branch of the American... | |
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...After the fashion that prevailed a hundred years ago, the most illustrious of Americans felt little interest in his ancestry; but with the keener historic sense and broader scientific outlook of the present day, the importance of such matters is better... 