There is an American clergyman, Dc Tal- - mage, rather noted for JUis imaginative flights, but the following, made after bis return from a tour in Britain, is unique ;—'.' Let us string widerop,en the .gate of ; the Let us remember that the coming American is to be an admixture of all.- foreign bloods. In about 25 or 5.0 yeara the model American will step ; forth. He will hare the strong brain of the German, the.: polished manners of the. (French, the artistic tastes of the Italian, the staunch heart of the English, the high toned piety of the Scottish, the lightning wit of. the Irish ; and, when he steps forth, bone, muscle, nerve, brain, intertwined with the fibres of all nationalities, heaven and .earth will break out in the cry, • Behold tfie J coining man 1 Benold the American !! ' "
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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XV, Issue 67, 18 March 1880, Page 1
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