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Updated: June 18, 2025
In no country have fashion and ostentatiousness taken such strong possession of the masses, and the willingness to be satisfied with a moderate income is therefore nowhere so little at home. Yet neither gambling and taking risks, nor suggestibility and imitation, are the whole of the story.
Whenever I have heard such sermons I have wanted to get up and stalk out of the church with ostentatiousness of contempt, as if to say to the preacher that his conduct did not meet with my approval. But I didn't; the philosopher has his cowardice not less than the preacher.
A proud bearing, healthful vigour, and sprightly vivacity distinguish Chopin on this occasion. But notwithstanding the brave appearance, one misses his best qualities. This polonaise illustrates not only the most brilliant, but also the least lovable features of the Polish character ostentatiousness and exaggerated rhetoric.
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