Then, again, they have detected in the plans made for their journeyings and receptions that genius for rapid organization which only Eng. lishmen know that Englishmen pos-
British industry energy and enterprise. They have discovered a secret that we have always done what we could to con-coal from the rest of the universe—that the English railways are the best in the world. Coming from the land of hotels, they have hand~ somely owned that their best in that line is no better than ours. All those tributes of a slightly astonished appreciation are very pleasant, and their genuineness is not to be doubted. Back in their own homes cur visitors will find themselves pos. sessed of knowledge not shared in or even suspected by their neigh-hours. They will be among the priv-lieged few who are aware that England is very far from done for. used to it, and are able to apply the necessary discount. But for-sues cannot be expected to understand this. They hear us talking as though we were a decadent and dying nation, one whose race was and whose day had ended, and they incline naturally enough to take us at our word, It is very unfortunate, and it is almost wholly our own fault.
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