Frances trollope domestic manners5/31/2023 ![]() ![]() She mentions quite often that Americans believe that “ nothing is worth having, which they do not posses.” She believes that “ the art of man” could hardly discover “ a more effectual antidote to improvement.” She finds the situation in which every “ public oration” and every “ work,” that is “ professedly addressed to the country” elaborates on the topic of their unsurpassed greatness, disgusting and troubling. ![]() The author is not impressed with the idea of American superiority. Nothing is worth having, which they do not posses. She believed that their patriotism was not genuine, for if it was real, then “ the citizens of the United States” would “ surely not” entrust “t hemselves in the hard, dry, stubborn persuasion, that they are the best of the human race.” It irritated her greatly that they were so sure that “ nothing” was “ to be learnt” from the old world, what as more Americans dared to believe that they “ would be able to teach” others. Secondly, she didn’t like assurance of Americans. First of all, she was too devoted to England to do that. It was as clear as a day that the author would never consider the United States the best country in the world. If the citizens of the United States were indeed the devoted patriots they call themselves, they would surely not thus entrust themselves in the hard, dry, stubborn persuasion, that they are the first and the best of the human race. We are thankful for their contributions and encourage you to make your own. These notes were contributed by members of the GradeSaver community. ![]()
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