But what most astonishes me in the United States, is not so much the marvelous grandeur of some undertakings, as the innumerable multitude of small ones.

Of all the countries of the world America is the one where the movement of thought and human industry is the most continuous and swift.

The man who asks of freedom anything other than itself is born to be a slave.

No stigma attaches to the love of money in America, and provided it does not exceed the bounds imposed by public order, it is held in honor. The American will describe as noble and estimable ambition that our medieval ancestors would have called base cupidity.

In democratic ages men rarely sacrifice themselves for another, but they show a general compassion for all the human race. One never sees them inflict pointless suffering, and they are glad to relieve the sorrows of others when they can do so without much trouble to themselves. They are not disinterested, but they are gentle.

Better use has been made of association and this powerful instrument of action has been applied for more varied aims in America than anywhere else in the world.

So many of my thoughts and feelings are shared by the English that England has turned into a second native land of the mind for me.