(_Compiled with due regard to the International Idiosyncrasies._)
_French._--That France contains the World, and Paris France.
_Belgium._--That on the whole, the Slave Trade should be discouraged, as
it cannot be made to yield more than a safe 7 per cent.
_Germany._--That the best way of showing love for the Fatherland is to
live in every other part of the universe.
_Spain._--That it will be for the benefit of mankind to exterminate the
Portuguese.
_Portugal._--That the interests of civilisation will be advanced by the
annihilation of the Spanish.
_Russian._--That dynamite literally raises not only the mansions of the
nobles, but betters the homes of those who have been serfs.
_British._--That the equality of man is proved by the fact that one
Englishman is worth a dozen foreigners.
_American._--That everybody (except citizens of the U.S.A.) pay half a
dollar to the Treasurer right off the reel slick away, and that the sum
so collected be equally divided amongst those present.
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