He says he is an American by adoption but cannot erase his love of England; his blood is Scottish, English and Irish, with some Holland Dutch coming in from his mother's side.
Date (happened)
before 1963
unresolved
- before 1963
- before 29 January 1963
Place
No place
Persons
Told / reported
- 29 January 1963
- 29 January 1963
Sources
Source
- A Summing Up ¶7 (I am an American by adoption, but I cannot rub out my love of England. All the physical blood that flows through me comes from Scotland, England, and Ireland. A little bit of Holland Dutch got in from my mother’s side, for they were rugged individualists…)
Attested in 1 lecture
| Date | Lecture or book | Telling | Passage |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1963-01-29 [exact/certain/final] | A Summing Up | I am an American by adoption, but I cannot rub out my love of England. All the physical blood that flows through me comes from Scotland, England, and Ireland. A little bit of Holland Dutch got in from my mother’s side, for they were rugged individualists too, living on dykes (living on water, really). But though physically I would like to resent it, I am happy I saw it. I knew that somewhere the seed had been planted, for you can’t have something grow in this world and not have a root from which it springs. | 551960 |