[σ. 19] [......] singular indeed would be the sight of England giving up in profound peace these superb naval positions, and very singular if, in such a case, the Great powers did not strive to appopriate themselves; why the Golden Age must have returned, and universal self-abnegation have descended upon earth, like a new virtue, if we reject, and they too refuse, these treasures, and let them go to Greece; Cephalonia would be a temptation to France, as a station in the Levant, and near the mouth of the Adriatic; Russia, who seeks an out-of-the-way rendevouz at Villafranca, and another at Brindisi, would jump for joy at Sta Maura, Austria at Zante and America would be mightily pleased even with little Ithaca; [....]