In England the same result obtained.

The nobility were proud; but in a representative government the power of wealth could be neither put down nor overshadowed.

It was patent to the eyes of all; it was honored by all; and in England, as well as Holland, the occupations which were the source of wealth shared in the honor given to wealth itself.

Thus, in all the countries named, social sentiment, the outcome of national characteristics, had a marked influence upon the national attitude toward trade.
In yet another way does the national genius affect the growth of sea power in its broadest sense; and that is in so far as it possesses the capacity for planting healthy colonies.

Of colonization, as of all other growths, it is true that it is most healthy when it is most natural.