Lowell, John Hay, and Joseph H.Choate fell under the ban of those elements in American life who seem to think that the main duty of an American diplomat in Great Britain is to insult the country of which he has become the guest.

In 1895 the house of Representatives solemnly passed a resolution censuring Ambassador Thomas F.Bayard for a few sentiments friendly to Great Britain which he had uttered at a public banquet.

That Page was no undiscriminating idolater of Great Britain these letters have abundantly revealed.

That he had the profoundest respect for the British character and British institutions has been made just as clear.

With Page this was no sudden enthusiasm; the conviction that British conceptions of liberty and government and British ideals of life represented the fine flower of human progress was one that he felt deeply.