found online by Raymond
From Capt. Fogg at Human Voices:
Everybody knows America used to be great — greater than it is now, that is, but I wonder when that was and whether everyone would pick the same time of maximum greatness if asked. Nobody seems to be asking. I suspect we’d get a bunch of different answers though and I suspect many would refuse to answer, again for a variety of reasons.
For me, of course it would be the years that were greatest for me and that means when I had few worries and everything was new and exciting and simple.