...were a senator of the republic or a minister of the gospel. ..." American Business Instinct (Grund). "There is probably no people on earth with whom business...with the inhabitants of the United States of America. . . . Business is the very soul of an American; he pursues it, not as' a means of procuring for himself...

...American character and values. In 1837, a German visitor to the United States, Francis ,T. Grund, wrote : There is, probably, no people on earth with whom business...Active occupation is not only the principal source of tbeir 48 happiness, and the foundation of their national greatness, but they are absolutely wretched...

...as a resident of Boston, the Viennese immigrant Francis Grund came to the same puzzled conclusion: There is, probably, no people on earth with whom business...absolutely wretched without it, and instead of the "dolce farniente," know but the horrors of idleness. Business is the very soul of an American: he pursues...

...as a resident of Boston, the Viennese immigrant Francis Grund came to the same puzzled conclusion: There is, probably, no people on earth with whom business...absolutely wretched without it, and instead of the "dolcefarniente," know but the horrors of idleness. Business is the very soul of an American: he pursues...

...Grund, a German visitor around the same time, was also impressed by the spirit of American business: There is, probably, no people on earth with whom business...wretched without it, and instead of the dolce far niente, (enjoyment of doing nothing) know but the horrors of idleness. Business is the very soul of an American...

...duties. America's industriousness bemused European travelers and recent immigrants, one of whom observed: There is, probably, no people on earth with whom business constitutes pleasure, and industry amusement, in equal degree with the inhabitants of the United States of America. Active occupation is not only the...

...the example and reap the benefit. 59 FRANCIS GRUND FROM "To Americans, Business is Everything" (1837) There is probably no people on earth with whom business...source of their happiness, and the foundation of their natural greatness, but they are absolutely wretched without it, and instead of the "dolcefar niente"...

...occupation is not only the principal source of their happiness, and the foundation of their natural greatness, but they are absolutely wretched without it, and instead of the "dolcefar niente" know but the horrors of idleness. Business is the very soul of an American; he pursues...

...Grund, a German visitor around the same time, was also impressed by the spirit of American business: There is, probably, no people on earth with whom business...wretched without it, and instead of the dolce far niente, (enjoyment of doing nothing) know but the horrors of idleness. Business is the very soul of an American:...