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upon the purchase money of appropriate quarters for our representa- 
tives abroad,—the total additional cost to each citizen of the United 
States would be but a trifle over one-quarter of one cent per year. 
As to suitable requirements for secretaryships, and proper pro- 
motion throughout the whole service, they would vastly increase its 
attractiveness, in all its grades, to the very men whom the country 
most needs. They would open to young men in our universities, col- 
leges, and schools of all grades a most honorable career leading such 
institutions to establish courses of instruction with reference to such 
a service—courses which were long since established in Germany, 
but which have arrived nearest perfection in two of our sister 
republics—at the University of Zurich in Switzerland, and in the 
Ecole Libre des Sciences Politiques in Paris. 
And now, a few words in conclusion. You will have observed 
that my attempt has been to develop my subject in the simplest 
manner possible. I have carefully avoided the profounder questions 
connected with the subject: discussions of present and future Amer- 
ican policy and the like, for the reason that I have wished to give 
merely those elementary considerations which may enable any Amer- 
ican citizen to draw from them a straightforward conclusion as to 
things fundamentally necessary. 
A word also in self-defense. My own connection with the foreign 
service of the United States has extended over fifty years, during 
which at various periods and posts, I have discharged diplomatic or 
quasi-diplomatic duties. In speaking of the defects of our present 
system and their remedies, I would above all things wish it to be 
understood that I am not a man with a grievance—that I have no 
complaints to make, whatever. On the contrary, I feel profoundly 
gateful to the various administrations—of both parties—under which 
I have served, for their support and kindness. This paper is the 
result of a decision made many years ago, that after the conclusion 
of my connection with the diplomatic service—when no human being 
could charge against me a desire to do anything for my own personal 
comfort or satisfaction—I would present, in the simplest and clearest 
manner possible, my view of the best course to be taken in develop- 
ing and improving our diplomatic establishment—in the interest of 
our country; and in no other interest whatever. 
It seems to me certain that a proper development of the existing 
service, on the general lines I have presented, would not only increase 
the prestige and influence of the United States among her sister 
nations, but, purely from a commercial point of view, would amply 
