Hearn was a conservative, despite his lawless life, and he looked with regret upon the transformation of old Japan, wrought by the new desire to europeanize the country.
"The Critic in the Orient"
George Hamlin Fitch
Cities spring up all along its track: the harbors of California, Oregon, and Alaska, will soon swarm much more than now with hardy navigators ready to europeanize the various groups of islands scattered over the Pacific.
"Irish Race in the Past and the Present"
Aug. J. Thebaud