The New America (Classic Reprint)

Excerpt from The New America<br><br>Impressions sometimes equal facts and figures as evidence. Now and again they are even more important. New feelings have been sweeping America in the past two years, and they are feelings which must leave their effect on people all over the world for a long time to come. No one can doubt that one way or another they will be of towering importance to Britain and the British people. As an Englishman resident in America during this period I have touched various sides of life and have formed feelings about the American people in what is probably an historic phase of their development as a nation. The sketches that follow will reveal to Americans the angle of an ordinary Englishman, and to my own people will give perhaps a measure of information.<br><br>What I have written is not recklessly laudatory for I pay to my American friends the tribute of sincerity. I trust however they may find an indication, imperfect as it must be, of the affection engendered by unceasing kindness extended to me as to all my countrymen.<br><br>About the Publisher<br><br>Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com<br><br>This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.