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Title: The dawn of American history in Europe
Year: 1912 (1910s)
Authors: Nida, William Lewis
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Publisher: New York, The Macmillan company
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
Digitizing Sponsor: Sloan Foundation

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ay in their being close kin to the Saxons and having customsand a language very similar to them. The Danes broughtmany good qualities to enrich the EngHsh stock — greaterdaring, deeper love of personal freedom, better seamanship,and a warmer love of the sea, besides a keener spirit oftrade and commerce, in which England excels to thisday. Alfreds Work in Time of Peace. — Alfred now spent hisyears of peace in building up and uniting the greater partof England. He encouraged trade and travel, because thesewould help to do away with the ignorance and prejudiceof his people. He did all that he could to make Englandsafe for foreign merchants. He raised to the order of gentle-man every merchant who had made three voyages to theMediterranean at his own expense. Alfred sent ambassadorsto Rome, to France, to the East, and even to India. Healso encouraged the work of craftsmen, goldsmiths, andjewelers, for in these crafts the Saxons were very skillful. i;o DAWN OF AMERICAN HISTORY IN EUROPE
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A Viking Ship and an Ocean Liner.(Columbian Exposilion.) ALFRED THE GREAT AND THE DANES 131 Character of Alfred the Great. — Alfred is said to havebeen the most perfect character in history. No other manon record has united so many great quahties. He was agood Christian man in an age when so many were wicked.Like Washington he was a great warrior, never cast downin defeat nor cruel to the enemy when he had conquered.He was unselfish, for he lived only to serve his people. Inaddition to all this, Alfred was a great statesman, improvingthe army, building up a navy, erecting walls about thecities, and making good laws for his people. Alfredgathered together all the good laws wherever he could findthem and wrote them down and caused them to be obeyedinstead of the cruel and barbarous customs of the Saxons.In this way he greatly improved the laws of his kingdom. Alfreds Court and Judges. — Alfred also saw to it thateverybody, rich and poor, obeyed the laws. There aroseduring Alfreds re

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