32 2 Four-in-Hand in Britain. 



unto you. It is the only sure foundation upon which 

 to rear the superstructure of a great State, and how 

 happy I am to boast that Scotland is not going to yield 

 the palm in this most important of all work ! No, not 

 even to the Republic. From what I saw of the new 

 schools, I'll back their scholars against any lot of 

 American children to-day ; but I admit one great lack : 

 the former would strike you as somewhat too deferential, 

 disposed to bow too much to their superiors in station, 

 while American boys are said to be born repeating the 

 Declaration of Independence. No more valuable lesson 

 can be taught a lad than this : that he is born the equal 

 of the prince, and what privileges the prince has are 

 unjustly denied him. It would do Scotch boys good to 

 hear my young American nephews upon the doctrine 

 that one man " is as good as another and a good deal 

 better." Of the sights which cause me to lose temper, 

 one is to see a splendid young Briton, a real manly 

 fellow, standing mum like a duffer when he is asked 

 why the son of a Guelph or of any other family 

 should have a privilege denied to him. Are you less a 

 man ? Have not you had as honest parents and a better 

 grandfather? Why do you stand this injustice? And 

 then he has nothing to say. Well, I have sometimes 

 thought I have noticed the cheek a little redder. That 

 is always a consolation. Thank God ! we have nothing 

 like this in America. Our young men carry in their 

 knapsacks a President's seal, and no one is born to any 



