"I requested the gentlemen to put on their hats, and the ladies their shawls, to avoid catching cold, and then had the windows widely opened. This proceeding caused some astonishment and alarm at first; for the Americans generally have a dread of cold air."

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Source : George Combe (1841). “Notes on the United States of North America: During a Phrenological Visit in 1838-9-40”, p.85

George Combe

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“the higher the step of advancement, the heavier is the fall.”
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