“I find the Englishman to be him of all men who stands firmest in his shoes. They have in themselves what they value in their horses, — mettle and bottom.”

—  Ralph Waldo Emerson, English Traits

English Traits (1856)

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American philosopher, essayist, and poet 1803–1882

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