Their social system and much else here is mediaeval.

I could write several volumes in criticism of them.

So I could also in criticism of anybody else.

But Jefferson's[77] letter is as true to-day as it was when he wrote it.

One may or may not have a lot of sentiment about it; but, without sentiment, it's mere common sense, mere prudence, the mere instinct of safety to keep close to Great Britain, to have a decent respect for the good qualities of these people and of this government.