Full resolution (JPEG) - On this page / på denna sida - IV. Córdoba
<< prev. page << föreg. sida << >> nästa sida >> next page >>
Below is the raw OCR text
from the above scanned image.
Do you see an error? Proofread the page now!
Här nedan syns maskintolkade texten från faksimilbilden ovan.
Ser du något fel? Korrekturläs sidan nu!
This page has never been proofread. / Denna sida har aldrig korrekturlästs.
56 DAYS IN THE SUN
bution to world economy, our butter, is obtainable in
all southern countries under the trade name of “Flem-
ish butter”;and our great Danes stroll up and down in
these parts, always being taken for German dogs. In
Venice I have seen Englishmen and Americans melt
with sentimentality over the songs of Christian
Winther, set to the music of Johann Peter Emilius
Hartmann; but the inside of the title-page bore the re-
mark: “From a German Romanza.” British school
textbooks of history describe King Canute the Great
as an English king, who conquered Denmark and Nor-
way. And in German histories of German literature,
the “Golden Horns” figure as the earliest monuments
of the German language! The great nations are like
whales; they open their jaws and consume everything
without a thought; floating bottles and tin cans as well
as fishes and mollusks. They are not very discerning
in their taste; otherwise we might season ourselves
with a slightly bitter flavor to ward off their attentions,
At present, we can only hope that they may find us
indigestible and later eject us more or less intact.
So I consoled myself; and I made up my mind not
to tear the bandage from the eyes of my compatriots
at home, but to let them live and die confidently be-
lieving that the rest of the world expects great things
from us and regards us as the most enlightened people
on earth.
While Denmark leads its shadowy non-existence
apart, another little country constantly attracts atten-
tion to itself, Switzerland. Every day it is mentioned
in progressive newspapers and by progressive politi-
cians, for its situation and its institutions. It has a
halo of ideals—ideals of the future. Depressing this
<< prev. page << föreg. sida << >> nästa sida >> next page >>
