TO MY FRIENDS IN THE
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
FROM 1887 to 1912 I lived, worked, and was happy in your country, and acquired a profound admiration for the enterprise and energy of your people. My greatest treasure and my material possessions are of your country. Nevertheless, I am "first, last, and all the time" an Englishman. Some of you have suggested that
Great Britain was not doing her full share in the terrible catastrophe that has overtaken Europe. That suggestion is based on an illusion;
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