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Excerpt from The Convent and the Harem, Vol. 1 of 3 Everything that tends to throw light upon these, the component parts of what we call our nature, may, if properly directed, be ren dered useful; by teaching us what, and how, to cultivate and/encourage - what, and how, to modify or eradicate. Without going so far as those who pretend to pronounce upon the character of an individual from his hand writing, I believe few dissent from the opi nion that some idea may be formed of the character of a nation from its language. In saying some idea, however, I would be under stood literally; for if due weight be not given to the exceptions, the circumstances, the changes, the comparative degrees of such or such quali ties or peculiarities, this theory would lead us it has led, to the grossest prejudice, ignorance, and injustice. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.