A nickname is the heaviest stone that the devil can throw at a man. It is a bugbear to the imagination, and, though we do not beli...eve in it, it still haunts our apprehensions.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
All people who have reached the point of becoming nations tend to despise foreigners, but there is not much doubt that the English...-speaking races are the worst offenders. One can see this from the fact that as soon as they become fully aware of any foreign race they invent an insulting nickname for it.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »