Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1898-05-13
A LOOK AT OURSELVES,
Through the Eyes Of Prominent Br'''S'
Critic.

No character is quite so lh'ei ne
10 thoughtful Englishmen 10 vet
Americans; 1t Is so ike our Wv" si,,,s
" unlike. so complex and yet go sii.
lie 90 ineligible and yet 80 fun o. VII
,xpeoted turns. They are as ullhs s
10 depict as Englishmen seem 10 iu
,iuners and II we try to DO u IL 10 W.. W..
+, full consciousness that AFTER oui Iii III
,fforts many facets of the stVie W., W.
It'll remain undescribed. But 10, VA VA
peculiarities which are uhiVersas 9is,
leon enough profoundly 10 Houts
Character. we should say that inc
Americans, as n nation more ,'oses
assemble the English in Ireland than
INV other people in the worlu. ..,,h
The long contest with enemies, WIZ
nature. with circumstances. mas
in them the inner hardness ana NJ
paoity of yielding to opposluoh WIZ a.
hat peculiar caste derives rom I've
onr habit of keeping down superior
numbers and exacting from thein t'ip
ite There is dourness somewhere IN
eyory American, hard pan, as they
say themselves, to which II you So
Town there is no further progress W "
made. You must crush II to powder Oh
retreat, and nine times out OF zen
treat is found to he the easier course
The American character rests, IN iact'
mn n granite substratum. when mas
heen the origin OF their success, ana
will give them the mastery Oh tne
Western hemisphere. II Is not mercy
the English doggedness. tnoueh "
doubtless had It's root IN III II 10
quality which enables It's possessor ~
70 on whatever happens, ITO charge as
4 were. instead of merely standing 10
receive the assault. 1t IL, In fact II we
are TO be minute, doggedness maue
fiery by an infusion of hope, OF a sang
uinencss which you would never eN
oect from an Americans face-thut,
owing to some climatic pecuiiarity, Is
usually carcworn. especially IN me
East-but which colors his very Dloou.
We never met an American in our
lives who did not believe he should
worry through" any trouble on manu.
and reach Mt last the point desired
however distant 1t might seem 10 pe'
Like the nglo-Irishman, also, the
American has n quick sense OF the IN
rongr,lo,ls;l he perceives the comicality
alike of things and persons, and ne
has a habit of pointing that out with
a reserve .shrewdness which has Always
the effect Of and sometimes really Is,
mordant humor. Like the Anglo-lrish
too, the American has strong sense OF
personal dignity; he cannot bear to he
belittled, and is, II anything. oversensa.
tive on the score OF his Individual
claims to respect His pride Is not the
glacial pride OF the Engllshman, VINO al
heart hold the man who offends him &c
be q boor for doing II. and would az
soon quarrel with a cabman as WIFI
him hut is a growing pride. quick, per
hans overuulck TO resent insult and t.
Imagine wrong. Add to these traits al
almost Infinite depth of inner kindness
30 long as there Is no provocation anc
no resistance from Interiors, and yot
have the Anglo Irish character on ~
strong sides. and that is also the Amer
can, about as efficient character al
the world presents to our view.
He can fight or he can bargain; n,
can build or he can diplomntize; ana
when doing any of these things, he gen
orally contrives to come out at the TOP
with perhaps Just a glance around e
see that the high place out OF which n
energies with unmoved countenance ma
been noticed by the world around. w
should add, for II Is characteristic
though perhaps 1t is of little import
ance, that the manner OF n weii-pre
American IL usually, and. allowing 10
individual idiosyncrasies, almost exact
ly that OF well-bred Anglo-lrishma
courteous and kindly with touch {
intended grace, and with certai
patience as of one accustomed to otht
mems folly-whlch Is not English at al
that Is the testimony of all mankind.
the Engiishman's great perplexity-p,
the Americans patience and that OF u
Anglo Irishman leave n sensation, III
always fully justified. OF friendlines
There are a hundred Lord Dufferins
America.
The American has, however. as Y
said, two pecullarities which differe
tiate him from all mankind. We shou
not call him happy man exactly %
he Is an incurably cheerful one. ~
weight of the dozen atmospheres Will
press down the Englishman is off I
Americans spirit. He does not expe
to find anywhere persons superior
himself: he thinks he can make,
stead Of obcying. etiquettes; he sees
reason, unless, indeed, he Is cant
diate for his municipality or Tor GO
Eress, for protesting to he anythi
but what he Is. He IL quite content
as to his past, and quite satisfied u
the future will go his way. He IN
mainly In the present, hut as the pi
was good and the future VIII be bett
the present Will do very well FOR
time being. II no one has afron
one, but is disposed to look on all II
with an appreoiative smile, as being
equally creatures of Allah. poor or
lures some OF them, no doubt, but
creatures. He takes life as II comes,
fact. with little concern whether Z
body takes II differently. and VIII
complete admission. not only from
Inns but from the heart, that 1t ia
n good many sorts Of men to make
world. The conviction Of equa
with all men has taken the social
get out of him. and given him an IN
sense of ease and tranquility ne
Quite absent even when his exter
manner seems awkward or constrair
1t follows that he is always read,
try anything. and that the English
OF living in n groove seems 10
confined and small. IA waste OF the
ulties that God has given And 1t
lows, also, that being lnwardlv
tent to work with himself. and hay
N whole continent to work In, HI
seldom so thorough as the Englishn
Is satined with knowing many tn
less completely than the Englishi
knows one, and has for intellec
Temptation. always provided that
task before him Is not machine n
inr. a certain shallowness.
The kind of man who Is least Ike
American Is the kind of man about
British museum, who knows upon $
one subject nearly all there Is to HI
and can tell you almost to n foot W
nil that remains to be known Will
mately be found. We doubt II
American Is fuller of resource than
Englishman. who generally has his
at least: but he is much quicker
bringing his wits to bear and much
disposed 10 let any habitude of /
stand for n moment In his way.
fact. though the American. like g
other OF his sons of Eve. is clothe
habits, he wears them with sing
lightness. and II his sense of prop
hn en-