Show LAND OF THE COMMON PEOPLE in america a sense of manhood and equality Is 13 all pervading says englishman america writes joseph durtt an englishman Is a young giant who has bas rought fought for and won a virgin land and the sweat of his toll Is upon him in his eyes are the hopes that move th the e world and as aa he gazes on his bride nothing seems too high for their united destiny we of 0 the same st stock ock are proud of the magnificence of this new champion in the worlds tourney and yot yat to us who reme remember miner our long centuries of painful growth and see england as she still Is the simple faith of the american in time and material progress Is pathetic it Is the optimism of a hoy boy who thinks all will be right when ho he la Is a man I 1 loved america before I 1 went there and no words can tell what it was to me to see for the first time the happiness and freedom of the common people and the wealth and abundance in which they live I 1 paced the streets of bostell last september thrilled with the possibilities of human life as I 1 saw them before my eyes A c cabman ab m an Is my natural enemy and cheats roc me when tie he can but even the cabman who drove me to the boarding house bouse seemed a friend and the girls in their offices moved about their work like queens conscious ot of their womanhood and knowing that no man could make them afraid in all I 1 spent four months traveling aa and lecturing in the eastern cities of the states and met many men of varied cl daises amses in my wildest dreams for the race I 1 had never foreseen foresee aisch such wealth such freedom such equality america Is ig the land of ct the common people as england Is the land of the classes clas sea if I 1 I 1 were a young workingman I 1 would go to the states as aa soon boon as I 1 could earn a passage because once on her soli soil I 1 should cease to be a laborer and become a man inan which li is a very different thing better than the boundless wealth of america better than any material benefit she ahe can bestow la Is sense of manhood manwood and equality that Is as all pervading as the air |