It is as man is--good, bad and indifferent; which is but another way of saying we live in a world of cross purposes.

We in America prefer republicanism.
But would despotism be so demurrable under a wise unselfish despot?
III Contemplating the contrasts between foreign life and foreign history with our own one cannot help reflecting upon the yet more startling contrasts of ancient and modern religion and government.

I have wandered not a little over Europe at irregular intervals for more than fifty years.

Always a devotee to American institutions, I have been strengthened in my beliefs by what I have encountered.
The mood in our countrymen has been overmuch to belittle things American.

The commercial spirit in the United States, which affects to be nationalistic, is in reality cosmopolitan.