We saw Mr. Barnum, of Tom Thumb notoriety, manager of the museum, and company in New York, day before yesterday. He told us about his tour through all the capitols of Europe and his intercourse with the kings, queens, and big bugs... "There everything is frozen- kings and things- formal, but absolutely frozen. Here it is life. Here it is freedom, and here we are men."- "A whole book might be written on that little speech of Barnum's"

— Walt Whitman.