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DEMOGRAPHY OF SWEDEN.
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For America, the Swedish part of her population will
unquestionably be of great worth. It is true that the larger number of
emigrants from Sweden are labourers, nearly all without great means,
and under such circumstances it can easily be understood that, as yet,
they cannot hope to play any great role in the intellectual life of their
new country. But the cultural work which has been so consequently
carried on in Sweden for many centuries must, in every case, form a
most valuable basis for the future. And what other country has sent
to America settlers whose families have, for several generations, enjoyed
a general book education? And the best features of the Swedish
national character — industriousness, simplicity, obedience to law,
integrity, and chivalrousness — have, too, won due acknowledgment
in America, and must always form a valuable contribution to that
formation of a national character, which is now taking place. The
peculiarly well-developed bent of Swedish people for the study of
natural science and for mechanical inventions has already won
well-deserved triumphs in America; we need but recall the names of John
Ericsson and of J. A. Dahlgren — to say nothing of a great many others.
Fight between the Monitor of John Ericsson and the Merrimac in Hampton Roads.
March 9, 1862.
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