To these objections, which are political, may be added others, which are physical and moral. They have less hair on the face and body. They secrete less by the kidnies, and more by the glands of the skin, which gives them a very strong and disagreeable odor .They are at least as brave, and more adventuresome. Their griefs are transient . Among the blacks is misery enough, God knows, but no poetry.
Love is the peculiar oestrum of the poet.
Their love is ardent, but it kindles the senses only, not the imagination. But with us a second is necessary, unknown to history.