Studentenalmanak 1942 - pagina 186

En Sir William Temple zegt, na ryp beraad: Holland

is a Countrey where the Earth is better than the Air, and

Profit more in request than Honour; Where there is more

Sense than Wit; more good Nature than good Humour,

and more Wealth than Pleasure; Where a man would chuse

rather to travel than to live; Shall find more things to

observe than to desire, and more persons to esteem than

to love. But the same Qualities and Dispositions do not

value a private man and a State, nor make a conversation

agreeable, and a Government great. Nor is it unlikely that

some very great King might make but a very ordinary

private Gentleman, and some very extraordinary Gentle-

man might be capable of making but a very mean Prin-

ce57).

Hij zeit wat! Of moeten we hier juist Yankiseeren:

„You said a mouthfuU, brother!"?

Holland, ze zeggen

Laat ze!

ledere Hollander weet beter!

Holland — M IJ N HOLLAND

P. V.

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