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Rh polite society in the United States, since from the mynheers of Manhattan came the first examples of refined living in the New World. "The English colonists were of all sorts, you know, like in Australia," said our informants at Buitenzorg and everywhere else on the island, "and that is why you Americans are all so proud of your Dutch descent."