A tough but nervous, tenacious but restless race; materially ambitious, yet prone to introspection, and subject to waves of religious emotion... A race whose typical member is eternally torn between a passion for righteousness and a desire to get on in the world.

Samuel Eliot Morison

On Americans, specifically "Yankees".

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American character Americans

Author

Samuel Eliot Morison

Source

Maritime History of Massachusetts

Genre

Historical literature

Language

English

Time

1921 1920s 20th century

Occupation

Historian Writer

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United States

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Citation

Morison, Samuel Eliot. The Maritime History of Massachusetts 1783-1860. Houghton Mifflin Company, 1921, ch. 2.

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