Anglo-Saxon superiority [microform] : to what it is due ("A quoi tient la supériorité des Anglo-Saxons")

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by  Demolins, Edmond, 1852-1907

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A work dealing from a French
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("A quoi tient la Superiorite des Anglo-Saxons.") u
BY
EDMOND DEMOLINS.
TRANSLATED BY LOUIS BERT. LAVIGN]
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CONTENTS.
PAOK
Author's Introduction to the English Edition V
Author's Preface to the French Edition ziz
Author's Preface to the Second French Edition xxii
BOOK
I.
THE FRENCHMAN AND THE ANGLO-SAXON
AT SCHOOL.
OHAPTBR
I. Does the French School System form Men ? .. 1
II. Does the German School System form Men? 11
lU. Does the English School System form Men? 88
IV. How are we to bring up our Children? ... 68
BOOK
11.
THE FRENCHMAN AND THE ANGLO-SAXON IN %.
PRIVATE LIFE.
Our Mode of Education reduces the Birth-Rate
I.
IN J;RANCE ... ,.. ... ... ... ... o4
II. Our Mode of Education compromisesthe FiNANciiL
Situation of France 100
III. How Anglo-Saxon Education prepares Children
FOR THE Struggle for Existence. Types and
Characters Ill
IV. How HIS Mode of Home-Lifb contributes to the
Anglo-Saxon's Success 185
IV Contents.
BOOK
III.
THE FRENCHMAN AND THE ANGLO-SAXON IN
PUBLIC LIFE.
CHAPTER m PAOK AUT
I. The Political Personnel France and in Enq-
liAJ^D ••• tat ••• ••• ••• ••• •• XO«o
11. Why the Anglo-Saxons are more hostile to So-
cialism THAN the Germans and the French 188 TE
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in. The Frenchman and the Anglo-Saxon conceive a ITRUSl
Different Idea of the Fatherland 220 meanii
rV. The Frenchman's and the Anglo-Saxon's respec- as applyin
tive notions of Solidarity are Different ... 241 of Great B
v. What SocialState is most conducive to Happiness ? 258 In this ^
vi. insufficielicy of moral action and symptoms of analysis d(
Social Regeneration 281 Tourville,
French PuBLisimRs' Appendix 807 sider the p
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institutions
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AUTHOR'S INTRODUCTION TO THE
ENGLISH EDITION.
THE THREE ELEMENTS OF ENGLISH SOCIETY.
TRUST
the English public will not misunderstand the
I meaning and import of this book, nor take my opinions
as applying to all the inhabitants and all the institutions
of Great Britain.
In this work, by the application of the methods of social
analysis devised by F. Le Play and completed by H. de
Tourville, I seek to carefully isolate and exclusively con-
sider the phenomena which appear to be derived from An-
glo-Saxon influence, because these phenomena alone ensure
for England and the United States their social original)<'y
and superiority. AbDve all, I endeavour to make a clear
distinction between these phenomena and the customs and
institutions peculiar to the Celts and Normans.
The Celtic element, which predominates especially in
Ireland, in the Scotch Highlands, in Wales, in the towns
—
of Australia, in New Zealand, etc., contributes and its
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tendency is to maintain in a certain measure, the tradi-
tions peculiar to that social type.
Owing to their original mode of life, more pastoral than
agricultural, the Celts haveno liking for the absorbing pur-
suits of agriculture; they have more inclination for the
liberal professions than for the commoner callings, and
achieve more success in the former.
Owing to their traditional clan organization, they show
more taste for public than for private life, for political than