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Excerpt from Race Nationality: An Inquiry Into the Origin and Growth of Patriotism
This indulgence in the personal note may, perhaps, be allowed to carry itself so far as a brief account of the circumstances in which the book came to be written and the purpose of the author in writing it.
Having almost unconsciously accepted, as part of the tradition m which he was educated, what the late Lord Acton, with his characteristic air of thin-lipped acrimony, calls'' ''the Whig principle of nationality, he found, when the principle was called m question, as it has frequently been during the last twenty years, that he had no very clear idea as to what nationality was.
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This indulgence in the personal note may, perhaps, be allowed to carry itself so far as a brief account of the circumstances in which the book came to be written and the purpose of the author in writing it.
Having almost unconsciously accepted, as part of the tradition m which he was educated, what the late Lord Acton, with his characteristic air of thin-lipped acrimony, calls'' ''the Whig principle of nationality, he found, when the principle was called m question, as it has frequently been during the last twenty years, that he had no very clear idea as to what nationality was.
About the Publisher
Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com
This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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Publisher - Forgotten Books
Language - English
Hardback
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Author
John Oakesmith
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ISBN - 9780331236507
Dimensions - 22.9 x 15.2 x 1.7 cm
Page Count - 320
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Contributors
Author
John Oakesmith
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ISBN - 9781330628096
Dimensions - 22.9 x 15.2 x 1.7 cm
Page Count - 322
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