Second。TheEnglishareblunterthanwe。Theytalktousastheywouldtalktothemselves。Thewaywetakeitrevealsthatwearetoooftenthin-skinned。Recentpeopleareapttobethin-skinnedandself-consciousandself-assertive，whilethosewithathousandyearsoftraditionwouldhavethickerhidesandwouldneverfeelitnecessarytoassertthemselves。GiveanEnglishmanasgoodashegivesyou，andyouarecertaintowinhisrespect，andprobablyhisregard。InthisconnectionseemyanecdoteabouttheTommiesandYankeeswhophysicallyfoughtitout，andcompareitwiththeSalisbury，thevanSquibber，andtheopiumtradeanecdotes。\"Treat\'emrough，\"whentheytreatyourough:theylikeit。Only，besureyoudoitintherightway。
Third。Wedifferbecausewearealike。ThatAmericanwhostoodinthetheatrecomplainingaboutthesixpencehedidn\'thavetopayathomeisexactlylikeEnglishmenIhaveseencomplainingabouttheunexpectedhere。Wesharenotonlythesamemother-tongue，weshareeveryotherfundamentalthinguponwhichourwelfarerestsandourlivesarecarriedon。Welikethesamethings，wehatethesamethings。Wehavethesamenotionsaboutjustice，law，conduct；aboutwhatamanshouldbe，aboutwhatawomanshouldbe。Itislikethemother-tongueweshare，yetspeakwithadifference。
Takethemother-tongueforaparableandsymbolofalltherest。Justastheword\"girl\"isidenticaltooursightbutnottoourhearing，andmeansoh!quitethesamethingthroughoutusallinallitsmeanings，sothatidentityofnaturewhichwesharecomesoftentothesurfaceindifferentguise。OurloquacityestrangestheEnglishman，hissilenceestrangesus。BehindthatsilencebeatstheEnglishheart，warm，constant，andtrue；noneotherlikeitonearth，exceptourownatitsbest，beatingbehindourloquacity。
Thusfarmyanecdotescarryme。Maytheyhelpsomereadertoabetterunderstandingofwhathehasmisunderstoodheretofore!
NoanecdotesthatIcanfindthoughIamsurethattheyaretobefound