The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-10-02

the dozen atmospheres which press
down the Engllshman Is on the Ameri-
can spirit. He does not expect to md
anywhere persons superior TO himself;
he thinks he can make instead of obey
ing etiquettes; he sees no reason unless,
indeed he IL a candidate for his mu-
nicipality or congress-, for processing 10
be anything but what he Is. He Is quite
c~ontented as to his past and quite sat
isfed that the future will go his way.
He lives mainly In the present. but as
the past was good and the future VIII
be better, the present will do very well
for the time being. II no one has al
fronted him he has nc quarrel with any
one. but Is disposed to look on all men
with an appreciative smile as being all
equally creatures of Allah, poor crea-
lures, some of them, no doubt. but still
creatures. He takes life as IL comes, in
fact. with little concern whether any
body takes IL differently. and with a
complete admission, not only from the
lips but from the heart. that IL k a
rood many sorts of men to make up a
world. The conviction of equality with
Ali men has taken the social idget out
OF him and given him an inner sense
Of ease and tranquility never quite alb
sent even when his external manner
seetms awkward and constrained.
II Follows that he Is always ready TO
try anything and that the English IDEA
Of living in a groov seems to him con-
dned and small, a waste Of the faculties
that God has given. And 1t follows
also that. being inwardly content with
himself and having a whole continent
10 work in, he is seldom so thorough
as the Englishman, is satisfied with
knowing many things less completely
than the Englishman knows one ana
has for intellectual temptation. always
provided that the task before him is not
machine making. n certain shallow
ness. The kind of man who Is least like
an American Is the kin Of n man about
the British museum, who knows upon
some one subject nearly all there Is 10
know and can tell you almost 10 a Zoo
where all that remains to be known
will ultimately be found. We doubt IL
the American is fuller OF source than
the Englishman. who generally has MS
plan at last. but he is much quicker In
bringing his wits to bear and much les:
disposed to let any babitude OF mind
stand for a moment in his way.
There remains the strongest anc
~ang popularity OF all, which al
ready d~ifferentiates the American com
pIetely from the Englishman. and .
hundred years hence will make of hin
an entirely separate being. The Ameri
can Is a W man In the sense ii
which doctors who study constitution
use that word. He is not neurotic-n'
man less so-and is probably as Draw
As any man alive. but his nerves re
spond more quickly TO his brain tina
those Of any other human being III
feels strongly and he feels everything
We are inclined TO suspect thai IN
condition OF so many Americans resem
bles the condition of overtrained men o
, horses and that the activity OF pran
continued for generations is in1urion
in a dry climate to bodily health. II
the cause what II may. the American
liable to be excited. n his excitement
which sometimes shows itself In burst
OF tremendous energy, sometimes in NJ
of gayety and sometimes In almost N
durable melancholia, constantly wear
him ont. II Is the greatest distinction
between him and the more stohd En-
glishman. or. rater, between him an
the oldest of English c~olonists, TN
. observation-disclosures Spectator.