In the United States there's a Puritan ethic and a mythology of success. He who is successful is good. In Latin countries, in Catholic countries, a successful person is a sinner.
How many a rustic milton has passed by, stifling the speechless longings of his heart, in unremitting drudgery and care! How many a vulgar cato has compelled his energies, no longer tameless then, to mould a pin, or fabricate a nail!
