In The Four Quarters Of The Globe, Who Reads An American Book, Or Goes To An American Play, Or Looks At An American Picture Or Statue?

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In the four quarters of the globe, who reads an American book, or
goes to an American play, or looks at an American picture or statue?
-- Sydney Smith (1769-1845)
-- Review of Seybert's Annals of the United States, 1820

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