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| | Old Homes of New Americans, Chapter 11 |
 | | The Magyars are virile and strong, even with the substratum of ferociousness, as their early history shows before they were tamed by the gentler ways of modern civilization, The Slavs are dreamy and imaginative. |
 | | The Magyar nature is aristocratic, and the "great nobles" or "Magnates," as they are called, from the earliest days of their history down to the present time have exerted a tremendous influence upon the government of the state and its social organizations. |
 | | The selected representatives of foreign people brought with them the best characteristics of their own race, and helped to form a strong, hardy, almost indomitable nation, which was able to endure terrible catastrophes that would have wiped other peoples entirely off the face of the globe. |
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