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Thomas Wentworth Higginson, Short studies of American authors 23 11 Browse Search
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Mary Thacher Higginson, Thomas Wentworth Higginson: the story of his life 4 0 Browse Search
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Thomas Wentworth Higginson, Carlyle's laugh and other surprises 3 1 Browse Search
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Matthew Arnold, Civilization in the United States: First and Last Impressions of America., II: a word about America. (search)
vulgarity of American manners are undeniable, and that redemption is only to be expected by the work of a few enthusiastic individuals, conscious of cultivated tastes and generous desires ; or, as these enthusiasts are presently called by the writer, rather highly civilized individuals, a few in each of our great cities and their environs. The Boston newspaper observes, with a good deal of point, that it is from these exceptional enthusiasts that the heroes of the tales of Mr. James and Mr. Howells seem to be recruited. It shrewdly describes them as people who spend more than half their life in Europe, and return only to scold their agents for the smallness of their remittances ; and protests that such people will have, and can have, no perceptible influence for good on the real civilization of America. Then our Boston friend turns to me again, says that it is vulgar people from the large cities who have given Mr. Arnold his dislike of American manners, and adds, that if it should