Show confidence why does docs this count country rt tend always to belittle its wealth alth its works its men and its power to meet calamity it does and yet we are thought to be a people unembarrassed by modesty yankee boastfulness Is a proverb in the world but no yankee ever told quite all the truth lie he never dared and besides he could not make him belf believe the whole length and depth and breadth of it distrusting mistrusting Dis trusting their own judgment the american people lack confidence in their great estate the temperament is rich in daring faith and optimism but poor in confidence fi which Is a quality that comes with time A young people perhaps should not have it ft it Is not good to have every everything hing new york times |