The Americans are much more addicted to the use of general ideas than the English, and entertain a much greater relish for them: this appears very singular at first sight, when it is remembered that the two nations have the same origin, that they lived for centuries under the same laws, and that they still incessantly interchange their opinions and their manners.
honek oso bitxia dirudi lehen begiratuan, kontuan izanik jatorri bera dutela bi herriek, lege berberen menpe bizi izan direla mendeetan zehar eta oraindik ere etengabe trukatzen dituztela beren iritzi eta ohiturak.