Great Britain, who had been vilifying us for twenty years as a low-minded nation, with no generous ambition, no God but gold, had now changed her tune, and was endeavoring to alarm the world at the gigantic grasp of our ambition.
Quincy comments on Britain's changing view of the United States, highlighting the shift from vilification to alarm over American ambition.
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