“‘They say that when good Americans die they go to Paris,’ chuckled Sir Thomas, who had a large wardrobe of Humour’s cast-off clothes.
“‘Really! And where do bad Americans go to when they die?’ inquired the duchess.
“‘They go to America,’ murmured Lord Henry.
“Sir Thomas frowned. ‘I am afraid that your nephew is prejudiced against that great country,’ he said to Lady Agatha. ‘I have travelled all over it in cars provided by the directors, who, in such matters, are extremely civil. I assure you that it is an education to visit it.’
“‘But must we really see Chicago in order to be educated?’ asked Mr. Erskine plaintively. ‘I don’t feel up to the journey.'”
Oscar Wilde, The Picture of Dorian Gray