Indeed, like the "Great Commoner", he, if that were possible, endeared himself the more to his countrymen because of his refusal.

A name, which is great without resorting to the borrowed light of titles and honors, is greater than any possible suffix or affix which could be appended to it.
In conclusion, American manners are but an instance or result of the two predominant American characteristics to which I have already referred, and which reappear in so many other things American.

A love of independence and of equality, early inculcated, and a keen abhorrence of waste of time, engendered by the conditions and circumstances of a new country, serve to explain practically all the manners and mannerisms of Americans.

Even the familiar spectacle of men walking with their hands deep in their trousers' pockets, or sitting with their legs crossed needs no other explanation, and to suggest that, because Americans have some habits which are peculiarly their own, they are either inferior or unmanly, would be to do them a grave injustice.
Few people are more warm-hearted, genial, and sociable than the Americans.

I do not dwell on this, because it is quite unnecessary.
The fact is perfectly familiar to all who have the slightest knowledge of them.