Nonetheless,ease and peace had left this people still curiously tough. They were,if it came to it, difficult to daunt or to kill; and they were, perhaps,so unwearyingly fond of good things not least because they could, when put to it, do without them,and could survive rough handling by grief,foe,...

Though slow to quarell,and for sport killing nothing that lived,they were doughty at bay, and at need could still handle arms.

they liked to have books filled with things that they already knew, set out fair and square with no contradiction.