"You know what I mean, Paul. I speak of nations, not individuals. Civilisation was becoming effete, or at any rate men were, in the time of the great painters; but Savanarola and Galileo were individuals. You should throw your lot in with a new people. This railway to Mexico gives you the chance."
"Are the Mexicans a new people?"

You should throw your lot in with a new people. This railway to Mexico gives you the chance. 