The history of Germany is not the history of a nation, but of a race. It has little unity, therefore; it is complicated, broken, and attached on all sides to the histories of other countries. Bayard Taylor Read Quote
There is a degree of confidence exhibited towards strangers in Sweden, especially in hotels, at post-stations, and on board the inland steamers, which tells well for the general honesty of the people. Bayard Taylor Read Quote
The more I see of the Swedes, the more I am convinced that there is no kinder, simpler, and honester people in the world. Bayard Taylor Read Quote
So far as regards their moral character, the Finns have as little cause for reproach as any other people. Bayard Taylor Read Quote
My duty is that of a chronicler; and if I perform that conscientiously, the lessons which my observations suggest will need no pointing out. Bayard Taylor Read Quote
The native Jewish families in Jerusalem, as well as those in other parts of Palestine, present a marked difference to the Jews of Europe and America. They possess the same physical characteristics – the dark, oblong eye, the prominent nose, the strongly-marked cheek and jaw – but in the latter, these traits have become harsh and coarse. Bayard Taylor Read Quote
As I toiled up the Mount of Olives, in the very footsteps of Christ, panting with the heat and the difficult ascent, I found it utterly impossible to conceive that the Deity, in human form, had walked there before me. Bayard Taylor Read Quote
In the glory which overhangs Palestine afar off, we imagine emotions which never come, when we tread the soil and walk over the hallowed sites. Bayard Taylor Read Quote
London has the advantage of one of the most gloomy atmospheres in the world. Bayard Taylor Read Quote
