Word: frenchmen
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...equitably? Both methods of imposing this tax are disastrous. The income declared would not be one-quarter of the usual amount. It would corrupt and demobilize the people as was done in England. The second method of obtaining the tax by assessors is obviously difficult. Would the freedom-loving Frenchmen submit to having their pockets searched? This was the cause of the French Revolution...
Gliding machines were first invented by Lilienthal in Germany, and later by Chanute in this country. On their principle the Wright brothers first built their aeroplane. Several years ago they attached a motor to it and, after patenting it in Washington, proceeded to experiment with it. Competing against Frenchmen and Germans they have won the championship of the air and have shown that flying is both possible and practical...
...reason why France has submitted to such administration and interference by the government is merely that for the last century it has been in the bringing up and education of Frenchmen to submit to the government. The only hope for the future freedom of the church is that the priests will unite under the leadership of the Pope at the next election of government officials...
Emotion is a French national trait, he said. Frenchmen take an eager interest in their relatives, and even in the families of their friends, an attitude which differs widely from the one common in England and this country. Their spontaneous intensity and unity of family feeling is founded on a recognition of the laws of nature which bind irrevocably parents and children...
...neighborhood of, the shrine is very interesting, containing as it does the famous theatre of Epidaurus. The temple itself is one of the most perfect examples of its period now standing. A detailed restoration has been worked out by two Frenchmen, who have worked both from the ruins themselves and from the many references to the shrine in the writings of Pausanias and others...