And then, Britain will be supreme on the North American continent from the Spanish domains northward to the Pole." "And that means a tremendous future, sir, for England and her colonies!" The face of Elihu Strong clouded.
"I do not know," he cried.

"I hope so, and yet, at times, I fear not.
You think only of united hearts in England and America and a long future under one flag.

I repeat that I wish it could be so and yet the old always regard the new with patronage, and the new always look upon the old with resentment.

There are already differences between the English and Americans, questions of army rank, disputes about credit in the field, different points of view, created by the width of an ocean." "But if we are victorious and overrun Canada, they will be settled." "There lies the greatest danger, my lad.

'Tis the common peril that holds us together for the time.