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The author desires to be no less modest. He hopes that his presentation of the facts reviewed will in itself be sufficiently instructive to interest the reader. But with far less assurance he submits to the American people the inferences he has drawn from these facts and from personal observation; his analysis of the causes of the economic greatness of the United States, and the views he entertains concerning that country's future. Although assisted by the recollections of a visit paid to the United States a few years ago and of some months' duration, he has no doubt that his book contains more than one erroneous observation.
But he would ask the reader to remember that in many instances a foreigner's point of View is necessarily some what different from that of a native. At first glance it may perhaps seem that he dwells too long on certain points so well known that discussion of them would ap pear superfluous; but familiar though these he to Ameri cans, they are by no means equally familiar to the in habitants of the Old World and it was for Old World readers that the work was originally written. On the other hand, the necessity of setting a definite limit to the treatment has resulted in the exclusion of much that it would have been interesting to examine.
In regard to certain of my comments and certain of the forecasts I have ventured to make, I would ask the reader not to form a hasty Opinion but to leave to time the task of demonstrating their soundness or error. It is only fifteen months since this book was finished.
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The author desires to be no less modest. He hopes that his presentation of the facts reviewed will in itself be sufficiently instructive to interest the reader. But with far less assurance he submits to the American people the inferences he has drawn from these facts and from personal observation; his analysis of the causes of the economic greatness of the United States, and the views he entertains concerning that country's future. Although assisted by the recollections of a visit paid to the United States a few years ago and of some months' duration, he has no doubt that his book contains more than one erroneous observation.
But he would ask the reader to remember that in many instances a foreigner's point of View is necessarily some what different from that of a native. At first glance it may perhaps seem that he dwells too long on certain points so well known that discussion of them would ap pear superfluous; but familiar though these he to Ameri cans, they are by no means equally familiar to the in habitants of the Old World and it was for Old World readers that the work was originally written. On the other hand, the necessity of setting a definite limit to the treatment has resulted in the exclusion of much that it would have been interesting to examine.
In regard to certain of my comments and certain of the forecasts I have ventured to make, I would ask the reader not to form a hasty Opinion but to leave to time the task of demonstrating their soundness or error. It is only fifteen months since this book was finished.
About the Publisher
Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com
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.
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- Publication date2018
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- ISBN 13 9781330522325
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- Number of pages426
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