Quotation from: The Strength of the Strong

Written by: Jack London


A narrow loch, scarcely half a mile wide, separates Island McGill
from the mainland of Ireland; and, once across this loch, one finds
himself in an entirely different country. The Scotch impression is
strong, and the people, to commence with, are Presbyterians. When
it is considered that there is no public-house in all the island
and that seven thousand souls dwell therein, some idea may be
gained of the temperateness of the community. Wedded to old ways,
public opinion and the ministers are powerful influences, while
fathers and mothers are revered and obeyed as in few other places
in this modern world. Courting lasts never later than ten at
night, and no girl walks out with her young man without her
parents' knowledge and consent.

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