They have neither prostitution, foundling hospitals, nor
hospitals for venereal diseases. A European is not accustomed
to see empty prisons and hospitals in densely settled
localities--to come upon cities where there is nothing for the
police, the Judges, and the doctors to do he finds startling.
They have attained the height where priests, pastors,
preachers, and teachers are rarely obliged to contend with
indifference....
After a trip to America it would be difficult to return an
atheist--you are more likely to come back in a religious frame
of mind.... Idleness and luxury are not among the
distinguishing characteristics of the descendants of the
Puritans.... In the light, transparent atmosphere of the
States, simplicity, the cheerful, alert spirit infects the
foreigner, makes him a more frank, trustful, optimistic
warrior for the truth, and causes him to forget what it means
to be downcast in spirit, or what spleen and hypochondria are.
Until he died, in Siberia, in Russia, everywhere, Dr. Alexyeeff worked
for temperance. He was enthusiastic about it when I saw him and his wife
in England, in 1907.
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