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Fariba_sabok Posted 15 years ago
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What does this sentence mean?"and his cold temperament has none of those effeminate vices which weaken milder races."

what does this sentence mean?"and his cold temperament has none of those effeminate vices which weaken milder races."

Nature has given the Indian a hard and stern countenance. Ambition, revenge, jelousy are his ruling passions; and his cold temperament has none of those effeminate vices which weaken milder races.

It is an article about " the indian character" by Francis Parkman
  

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his cold temperament -- his stoicism, his lack of emotion effeminate vices -- flightiness, sentimentality Does that help?

  • his cold temperament -- his stoicism, his lack of emotion effeminate vices -- flightiness, sentimentality Does that help?
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his cold temperament -- his stoicism, his lack of emotion

effeminate vices -- flightiness, sentimentality

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Yes, thank you, and what about " his ruling passion" in the first sentence?
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His main traits; the characters that direct his life.

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