33/65 They had dead-earnestness and good-humour and hard horse-sense. Great good they do, too, in the present English curiosity to see and hear the right sort of frank, candid Americans. Nobody who hasn't been here lately can form an idea of the eagerness of all classes to hear and learn about the United States. There never was, and maybe never will be again, such a chance to inform the British and--to help them toward a rights understanding of the United States and our people. We are not half using the opportunity. |