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largely to their quiet sense of dignity and independence;
and, coupled with the fact that the nation has never
passed through the degrading stage of feudal tyranny
and serfdom, may go far to account for these
characteristics. It must be borne in mind that while an
aristocracy, by its example, diffuses refinement and
elegance in society, it also inevitably engenders more
or less of snobbishness and flunkeyism among the
naturally vulgar-minded and incapable imitators of true
dignity and refinement. The peculiar absence of these
pitiful vices in Norway is, I suspect, largely attributable
to the fact that aristocratic influences — the aping of
style, and our prevalent ideas of “station” and “social
position” — are so little known.
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