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rank or position above them. Under the starry flag 

 there are equal rights for all. It will be so in Scotland 

 perhaps ere I die (D. V.). If I had the schooling of 

 young Scotland I would make every class repeat in the 

 morning before lessons : 



" If thou hast said I am not peer 

 To any lord in Scotland here, 

 Highland or lowland, far or near, 

 Lord Angus, thou hast lied." 



I would teach them the new meaning of that stirring 

 verse, and tell them that the lad who did not believe 

 himself the peer of any man born and entitled to every 

 privilege *' might do for an Austrian, a Russian, a 

 Prussian, or an Italian," but never would be much of 

 a Scotchman — never. 



I do not think I have spoken of the announcements 

 of amusements seen everywhere during the trip through- 

 out the rural districts : band competitions, cricket 

 matches, flower shows, wrestling matches, concerts, 

 theatricals, holiday excursions, races, games, rowing 

 matches, football contests, and sports of all kinds. We 

 are surprised at their number, which gives incontesta- 

 ble evidence of the fact that the British people work 

 far less and play far more than their American cousins 

 do. No toilers, rich or poor, like the Americans ! The 

 band competitions are unknown here, but no doubt we 

 shall soon follow so good an example and try them. 



