"It is impossible, sir, for me to have higher respect for any character than I have for the commercial, even were it not yours. [...] It connects nation with nation, relieves the wants, and contributes to the wealth of all; and is to the general commonwealth of the civilised world what the daily intercourse of ordinary life is to private society, or rather, what air and food are to our bodies.”
Sir Walter Scott, Rob Roy, Vol.1, Ch.2, First Ed. 1829
"[...] pride, the source of so much that is good and so much that is evil in our course of life [...]"
Sir Walter Scott, Rob Roy, Vol.1, Ch.2, First Ed. 1829
"[...] pride, the source of so much that is good and so much that is evil in our course of life [...]"
Sir Walter Scott, Rob Roy, Vol.1, Ch.2, First Ed. 1829
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