The West Indians had an ethos which stressed saving, education, and hard work.
"The Black Experience in America The Immigrant Heritage of America"
Norman Coombs
They are influenced-they are to a great extent made what they are-by the whole ethos of the people they pertain to, by their national character, their state of culture, their habits, customs, laws.
"Contemporary Socialism"
John Rae
Many other social forces, national character, ideas, customs-the whole inherited ethos of the people-individual peculiarities, love of power, sense of fair dealing, public opinion, conscience, local ties, family connections, civil legislation-all exercise upon industrial affairs as real an influence as personal interest, and, furthermore, they exercise an influence of precisely the same kind.
"Contemporary Socialism"
John Rae