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Russians. But what you do find is that each of 

 these modern peoples is represented at that time 

 by one or more barbarous tribes, from which it 

 has grown. The English go back to the Angles, 

 Saxons, and Jutes, three barbarous or semi-bar- 

 barous tribes that lived originally in the region of 

 Denmark and southward. They came over and 

 settled the island of Great Britain fourteen or fif- 

 teen hundred years ago. The first settlement was 

 made about 449 A. D. 



These people were very rude. They dressed in 

 skins, loved adventure, and were fond of water. 

 They lived a good deal by pillage. They would get 1 

 in theii boats and cruise along the coast of the 

 Baltic till they came to a town of some other tribe. 

 They would drive the people out or kill them, 

 plunder the town, and then burn it. They thought 

 this was the proper thing to do ; for they acted on 

 the principle that " might makes right ;" that is, 

 on the principle that it is right to do whatever one 

 has the power to do. 



Wherever you go nearly you find English in 

 North and South America (we are English), in 

 South Africa, Australia, India, and in many of the 

 islands of the sea. The English, more than any 

 other people, have been the explorers and settlers 

 of the planet. The English-speaking peoples are 

 so enterprising that they already occupy a large 

 part of the surface of the earth, including practi- 

 cally two whole continents. 



One reason why the English have been so rest- 



