It showed that America had demonstrated to Europe that she could win independence, and it had been proved to the traditional enemy of England that the time had come when it would be profitable to help the revolted colonies.
Lodge reflects on America's demonstration of independence and its impact on European powers.
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The bitter medicine of defeat, however unpalatable, is usually extremely sobering, but the strong new wine of success generally sets the heads of poor humanity spinning, and leads often to worse results than folly.
The other idea which had grown in his mind during the weary siege was that the Tories were thoroughly dangerous and deserved scant mercy.
Here is again the same note, always so true and clear, that the United States are not colonies but an independent nation.
He never by any chance bored the American people.