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The young nobles, of whom there were many, were volunteers, who had paid their own expenses in expectation of a golden harvest, and they chafed in impatience and disgust. the religious element in the colony-unlike the former huguenot emigration to brazil--was evidently subordinate. the adventurers thought more of their fortunes than of their faith.

-Francis Parkman

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The Young Nobles, Of Whom There Were

Francis Parkman

The young nobles, of whom there were many, were volunteers, who had paid their own expenses in expectation of a golden harvest, and they chafed in impatience and disgust. the religious element in the colony-unlike the former huguenot emigration to brazil--was evidently subordinate. the adventurers thought more of their fortunes than of their faith.

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