"The English people are, on the whole, a very good-natured people, but they are also a very obstinate people."

"The town was a place of great resort, and much business was done there."

"I have not the least belief in the present system of education for the poor, as it is conducted in England."

"I have been a-wandering, as the fly says, and I have seen many things."

"I am not a believer in the wisdom of crowds."