[Americans] have realized many things for which the rest of the world is still struggling…[yet] the civilization and the morals of the Americans fall far below their own principles

[Americans] have realized many things for which the rest of the world is still struggling...[yet] the civilization and the morals of the Americans fall far below their own principles

[Americans] have realized many things for which the rest of the world is still struggling…[yet] the civilization and the morals of the Americans fall far below their own principles (Harriet Martineau)