The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-12-30
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The intense self-esteem OF the north
ern. especially as to his own virtues. his
consciousness of his ego and his raci-
ness of speech. arising from his care
lessness of giving offense. his general
masterfulness, in fact, have increased
bis perception until it has gradually
pervaded all literature, and men who
never consciously spoke 10 q northern
accept John Rrowdie as typical, which
he is, though only of the good side Of
his countrymen. The real John Browdie
has grand difficulty in forgiving. is
apt when he encounters q stranger
mentally to smell him as dog does be-
fore he will accord him amity. and. like
the Scotchman, whom he ia in SONS
ways so unlike, never quite forgives
him for not having been born north Of
the Trent. The best description Of hin,
IN literature is perhaps Currer Bell's
Mr.. Yorke
The southerner is far less dominant,
though he has tenacity Of his OWN;
his hatred is perhaps meaner. bat less
vindictive. as If his memory were not
quite 50 perfect, and he has much less
felicity in expressing himself, being es-
sentially, VIC fancy-though. curiously
enough, this is not apparent in litera-
ture-a less humorous man Charles
Dickens, the greatest Of modern Eng
fish humorists, was essentially, BY
birth and mental hahitu6e. Of the south.
Even in his religion there Is differ
ence, the northerner inclining to a We
hement Professionalism, the southerncr
when not partly Celtic. being either a
strongly convinced but not vehement
professor or deeply tinctured with
secularist indifference. In intellectual
ability there Is little TO choose between
them. nor, curicusly enough, In the bad
popularity Of cunning or the good pc
culiarity of adroitness. But the north
erner is. II we omit the Londoner for q
moment from the calculation. decided
" the more efficient man, partly, no
doubt, because of his dominance, eff
cheney depending mainly on the power
because he cannot bear the sense even
TO himself, Of not doing his work well.
The southerner is moro content TO b
Just as efficient "a circumstances re-
quiIe, being in disposition. though not
always in fact. comparatively lazy
icing. A world of Yorkshiremen would
not be pleasant world, or of Wiltshire
men a stirring one.
DR.. Jessopp, who knows them well.
Implies in all his writings that the ne-
tives of East Anglia are on the whole
the WORST product among the men of
England, and In some respects his jud9-
ment cannot be honestly gansaid.
the burly independence Of tho
northerner or the smoothness Of the
southern man, the typical East Anglican
tends TO be. like his Saxon and Danish
a boor. with q vein IN him Of
lcridity. often improving into a keen
ness rather too self-regardant-th
in sooth. Ia Of no county
Ind as often degenerating in 30 habitual
;pitefulness. He would not cave art
/ brick" at the stranger fol. the world,
lor walk ten yards to put him in his
way. He dislikes humor. particularly
'arcicsl humor. which he characterizes
Is "jeerin' and "fIeerin',- and has /,
him vein Of querulousness, which in
suffolk Is so strong as to impert a ape
ial tone to his voice, which in the real !
,eople tends to be the shrill voice Of the
natural virago,-London Spectator.