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Sisu: The Stubborn Courage of the Finns |
| Section: CULTURE / HERITAGE |
| Author: Eloise Paananen |
| Publication: The world & I online |
| Issue Date: 2/1/1986 |
| Size: 7,875 Words, 47,525 Characters |
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Although Finnish-Americans are a relatively small segment of society, Finns have played a significant role in American history since their arrival on these shores more than 300 years ago. In addition to the familiar sauna, sisu, Sibelius, Paavo Nurmi and other Olympic athletes, and the repayment of the Finnish World War I debt to the United States, Finnish-Americans have enjoyed a reputation in a number of social and cultural areas of which many people may be unaware.
To know and appreciated modern Finnish-Americans is to pry into their distant past far enough to find out they, except for some of Swedish extraction, are neither descendants of Scandinavians nor Mongols as classified by Blumenbach, who wrote the first book on racial differences in 1775. In De Generiis Humani Varietate...
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...be especially proud of what they have contributed in the past. From the earliest colonial days of American history, they have contributed a combination of ruggedness, perseverance and industry in the face of hardship; a sense of independence and indomitable will; a creativity and ingenuity that is both uniquely their own and yet reflects the authentic spirit of what it means to be American.
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