The American is said to become full-flavored, and in time a most all-round man, through the polish which Europe can impart.

How often the Presidency has simply meant that a man shall be abused, distrusted, and worked to death while he is filling the great office, and that he should drop into unmerited oblivion when he has left the White House.

... the English are very fond of being entertained, and ... they regard the French and the American people as destined by Heaven to amuse them.

People who live in quiet, remote places are apt to give good dinners. They are the oft-recurring excitement of an otherwise unemotional, dull existence. They linger, each of these dinners, in our palimpsest memories, each recorded clearly, so that it does not blot out the others.

The American is said to become full-flavored, and in time a most all-round man, through the polish which Europe can impart.

Washington society has always demanded less and given more than any society in this country--demanded less of applause, deference,etiquette, and has accepted as current coin quick wit, appreciative tact, and a talent for talking.

To look at and properly appreciate the British Museum is the work of a lifetime.