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[...] The more people and things we saw, the less we understood America. We tried to sum things up in generalizations.
Dozens of times a day we exclaimed:
Americans are as naïve as children!
Americans are excellent workers!
Americans are hypocrites!
Americans are a great nation!
Americans are cheapskates!
Americans are generous to a fault!
Americans are radicals!
Americans are dull, conservative, and hopeless!
There will never be a revolution in America!
There will be a revolution in America in a few days!
It was a real muddle, from which we wanted to extricate ourselves as soon as possible. And, slowly, that extrication began. One after another various spheres of American life started to become clear to us [...]
Chapter Fourteen: You Can't Catch America By Surprise.
