As a result, the highly civilized man can endure incomparably more than the savage, whether of moral or physical strain. Being better able to control himself under all circumstances, he has a great advantage over the savage.


Books and Habits, from the Lectures of Lafcadio Hearn, Selected and Edited with an Introd. by John Erskine (ed. 1921)

Lafcadio Hearn Quotes

As a result, the highly civilized man can endure incomparably more than the savage, whether of moral or physical strain. Being better able to control ...

As a result, the highly civilized man can endure incomparably more than the savage, whether of moral or physical strain. Being better able to control ...

As a result, the highly civilized man can endure incomparably more than the savage, whether of moral or physical strain. Being better able to control ...

As a result, the highly civilized man can endure incomparably more than the savage, whether of moral or physical strain. Being better able to control ...