36/268 Here, one sleeps, 'perchance to dream,' and praises the pillow. In speaking of the state of things in France, which I had asked him to do, he says, he is not sanguine (he never _is_ sanguine, I must tell you, about anything), though entirely dissentient from _la presse Anglaise_. He considers on the whole that the _status_ is as good as can be desired, as a _stable foundation for the development of future institutions_. It is in that point of view that he regards the situation. So do I.As to the English press, I, who am not 'Anglomane' like our friend, I call it plainly either maniacal or immoral, let it choose the epithet. |