Frances Trollope - I heard an Englishman, who had been long resident in America, declare that

I heard an Englishman, who had been long resident in America, declare that in following, in meeting, or in overtaking, in the street, on the road, or in the field, at the theatre, the coffee-house, or at home, he had never overheard Americans conversing without the word DOLLAR being pronounced between them. Such unity of purpose ... can ... be found nowhere else, except... in an ant's nest.

- Frances Trollope

topic: Coffee, Home, America, Overtaking, Coffee Houses, Unity Of Purpose