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Article CHARACTER OF THE POPE AND MODERN ROMANS. ← Page 2 of 3 →
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Character Of The Pope And Modern Romans.
Most of the principi marchesi , and titled nobility , here , are ignorant ; and have that arrogance which sleeps in barren ignorance , like earth unbroken by the plough . But are there no such men among us ? I am well aware , that in Germany there is a certain degree of inr formation greater than in Italy ; but would it not be increased , were we , who , perhaps , are more inclined to do justice to foreigners than any other nationto overcome our prejudices against the Italians ?
, prejudices of which many are only grounded on our folly . There are subjects enough to blame : serious subjects , demanding serious consideration : and such the love of truth } yill not suffer me to overlook . The education of the daughters of the nobility is ivretched . Hence , domestic happiness is rare . Domestic happiness is a source of trails
quillity , of joy , and a preservative against vice ; and I think it probable that this kind of happiness is better understood in Germany than in .. any other country on earth . With , respect to myself , I can , with , inward peace and delight , affirm with the good old poet , Walter , By travel taught , I can attest , I love my native land the best . '
Prom the bad education of the Avomen , domestic virtues , and with them the domestic happiness of the higher ranks are injured ; and the poison of their vices sheds itself among their inferiors ; whose passions , ¦ without this concomitant , are violent to excess . The people of Rome are rather led astray and bewildered , than , as some tvould persuade us , addicted to vice by nature . Where the clirnate inflames the
passions , Avhich are neither restrained by education nor curbed by law , they must rise higher , and burn with greater excess than in other countries . It is dreadful to hear that , in Rome , the population of -which is estimated at a hundred and sixty-eight thousand persons , there are annually about five hundred people murdered . I do not believe , that in all Germany fifty men perish by murder within the same period . But could this have been said of the middle ages ? And yet our nation has always maintained the best reputation among nations .
Ihe people of Rome cannot be justly accused of robbery . A stranger is no Avhere safer ; but is more frequently plundered in most , of the great cities of Europe . The Roman stabs his enemy , but dees not rob . Anger is his stimulus ; and this anger frequently ¦ lingers for months , ancl sometimes for years , till it finds an opportunity of revenge . This passion , which is-inconceivable to those Avho do not feel it , this , most hateful of all the passions , the ancients
frequently supposed to be a virtue ; and it still rages among many of the nations of the south . The passions of the people of Rome are frequently roused , by playing at mora , though the law has severely prohibited this game ; and , ' if they are disappointed at the moment of their revenge , they wait for a future occasion . Jealousy is another frequent cause of murder : it being with them an imaginary duty to revenge the seduction of their wife , their daugher , or their sister , on the seducer . The catholic reli gion , ill-understood , encourages the practice : the people being persuaded that , by the performance of
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Character Of The Pope And Modern Romans.
Most of the principi marchesi , and titled nobility , here , are ignorant ; and have that arrogance which sleeps in barren ignorance , like earth unbroken by the plough . But are there no such men among us ? I am well aware , that in Germany there is a certain degree of inr formation greater than in Italy ; but would it not be increased , were we , who , perhaps , are more inclined to do justice to foreigners than any other nationto overcome our prejudices against the Italians ?
, prejudices of which many are only grounded on our folly . There are subjects enough to blame : serious subjects , demanding serious consideration : and such the love of truth } yill not suffer me to overlook . The education of the daughters of the nobility is ivretched . Hence , domestic happiness is rare . Domestic happiness is a source of trails
quillity , of joy , and a preservative against vice ; and I think it probable that this kind of happiness is better understood in Germany than in .. any other country on earth . With , respect to myself , I can , with , inward peace and delight , affirm with the good old poet , Walter , By travel taught , I can attest , I love my native land the best . '
Prom the bad education of the Avomen , domestic virtues , and with them the domestic happiness of the higher ranks are injured ; and the poison of their vices sheds itself among their inferiors ; whose passions , ¦ without this concomitant , are violent to excess . The people of Rome are rather led astray and bewildered , than , as some tvould persuade us , addicted to vice by nature . Where the clirnate inflames the
passions , Avhich are neither restrained by education nor curbed by law , they must rise higher , and burn with greater excess than in other countries . It is dreadful to hear that , in Rome , the population of -which is estimated at a hundred and sixty-eight thousand persons , there are annually about five hundred people murdered . I do not believe , that in all Germany fifty men perish by murder within the same period . But could this have been said of the middle ages ? And yet our nation has always maintained the best reputation among nations .
Ihe people of Rome cannot be justly accused of robbery . A stranger is no Avhere safer ; but is more frequently plundered in most , of the great cities of Europe . The Roman stabs his enemy , but dees not rob . Anger is his stimulus ; and this anger frequently ¦ lingers for months , ancl sometimes for years , till it finds an opportunity of revenge . This passion , which is-inconceivable to those Avho do not feel it , this , most hateful of all the passions , the ancients
frequently supposed to be a virtue ; and it still rages among many of the nations of the south . The passions of the people of Rome are frequently roused , by playing at mora , though the law has severely prohibited this game ; and , ' if they are disappointed at the moment of their revenge , they wait for a future occasion . Jealousy is another frequent cause of murder : it being with them an imaginary duty to revenge the seduction of their wife , their daugher , or their sister , on the seducer . The catholic reli gion , ill-understood , encourages the practice : the people being persuaded that , by the performance of