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Old 10-22-2014, 07:20 AM
Ike Bana Ike Bana is offline
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Originally Posted by nailer View Post
An Englishman touring the South during the late antebellum period observed that "the South is an aristocracy that lacks nobility."

This article contrasts the values of wealthy Southerners and Yankees.
http://www.salon.com/2012/07/01/sout...alues_revived/
Great article...thanks. Interesting that at the same time we can see this lack of nobility, many in the south (and of that belief system) seem to hold so high the concept of "honor".

Then again, the Hatfields and McCoys was all about honor as well.

Thus...in a similar vein:

http://isach.info/story.php?story=ou...ll&chapter=007
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