Evaluation is, by definition, <em>"the process of judging something's quality, importance, or value, or a report that includes this information"</em>.
There's no judgment of value or quality in the statement. There's nothing about being good or bad. There's nothing about how important Verne's fascination is. This is more of a descriptive statement.
He uses personification to present freedom as a powerful force that will bring hope and prosperity to America in saying "Queen of empires and the nurse of arms."
