This was no doubt due in part to economic reasons, for Scotland before the era of modern industrial developments was a poor country and brains and brawn were among its few merchantable assets. Hence, on the one hand, the rewarding eminence attained by so many Scots beyond their own borders in the worlds of scholarship, commerce, and administration... and hence, on the other hand, the fame of the achievements of the Scots on the Continent as soldiers of fortune in the wars of Europe, a valorous reputation subsequently so well maintained by the Highland Regiments in the service of the British Crown.


p. 14 - A Man of Law's Tale (1952)

Hugh Macmillan Quotes

This was no doubt due in part to economic reasons, for Scotland before the era of modern industrial developments was a poor country and brains and...

This was no doubt due in part to economic reasons, for Scotland before the era of modern industrial developments was a poor country and brains and...

This was no doubt due in part to economic reasons, for Scotland before the era of modern industrial developments was a poor country and brains and...

This was no doubt due in part to economic reasons, for Scotland before the era of modern industrial developments was a poor country and brains and...