The man who will improve the place is the man who loves it without a reason.

If a man loves some feature of Pimlico (which seems unlikely), he may find himself defending that feature against Pimlico itself.

But if he simply loves Pimlico itself, he may lay it waste and turn it into the New Jerusalem.

I do not deny that reform may be excessive; I only say that it is the mystic patriot who reforms.

Mere jingo self-contentment is commonest among those who have some pedantic reason for their patriotism.