Editorial note — Chapter XVIII · : Future Condition Of Three Races—Part X
Henry Reeve translation
k [ It must not be supposed that English vessels are exclusively employed in transporting foreign produce into England, or British produce to foreign countries; at the present day the merchant shipping of England may be regarded in the light of a vast system of public conveyances, ready to serve all the producers of the world, and to open communications between all peoples. The maritime genius of the Americans prompts them to enter into competition with the English.]
l [ Part of the commerce of the Mediterranean is already carried on by American vessels.]