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ted by his imagination; nor
does he cease to remember thatin the whole length and breadth of his
native countrythere was no building even distantly resembling it.
But it is not alone in scenery and architecture that we count England
foreign. The constitution of societythe very pillars of the empire
surprise and even pain us. The dullneglected peasantsunk in matter
insolentgross and servilemakes a startling contrast with our own long-
leggedlong-headedthoughtfulBible-quoting ploughman. A week or
two in such a place as Suffolk leaves the Scotchman gasping. It seems
incredible that within the boundaries of his own island a class should
have been thus forgotten. Even the educated and intelligentwho hold
our own opinions and speak in our own wordsyet seem to hold them
with a difference orfrom another reasonand to speak on all things
with less interest and conviction. The first shock of English society is
like a cold plunge. It is possible that the Scot comes looking for too
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muchand to be sure his first experiment will be in the wrong direction.
Yet surely his complaint is grounded; surely the speech of Englishmen is
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