Indeed, Sir, I was never ten leagues from the continent.
DIMPLE
Believe me, Colonel, you have an immense pleasure to come; and when you shall have seen the brilliant exhibitions of Europe, you will learn to despise the amusements of this country as much as I do.
MANLY
Therefore I do not wish to see them; for I can never esteem that knowledge valuable which tends to give me a distaste for my native country.
DIMPLE
Well, Colonel, though you have not travelled, you have read.
MANLY
I have, a little; and by it have discovered that there is a laudable partiality which ignorant, untravelled men entertain for everything that belongs to their native country. I call it laudable; it injures no one; adds to their own happiness; and, when extended, becomes the noble principle of patriotism. Travelled gentlemen rise superior, in their own opinion, to this; but if the contempt which they contract for their country is the most valuable acquisition of their travels, I am far from thinking that their time and money are well spent.