Great Britain at the turn of the 19th century had been marked by similar diffidence, despair and recrimination when Germany and the US were emerging on the world scene.

• 19世纪初，当德国和美国开始在世界舞台上崛起时，英国表现出同样的症状：缺乏自信、绝望、一遭到指责就反唇相讥。