Excerpt from Cardinal Beaufort: The Stanhope Prize Essay, 1875 There is scarcely any word in our language so often used, and yet so often misunderstood, as the word nation. What do we imply by this word nation Many people would probably answer, Community of origin, of manners, laws, language, etc. N ow there is no doubt that these elements are nearly always present in what we call a nation; and, when they are present, they greatly aid in the formation of a distinct nationality; yet they are not all the essential elements, ...
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Excerpt from Cardinal Beaufort: The Stanhope Prize Essay, 1875 There is scarcely any word in our language so often used, and yet so often misunderstood, as the word nation. What do we imply by this word nation Many people would probably answer, Community of origin, of manners, laws, language, etc. N ow there is no doubt that these elements are nearly always present in what we call a nation; and, when they are present, they greatly aid in the formation of a distinct nationality; yet they are not all the essential elements, and by themselves they will not form a nation. They are the twigs and fuel laid ready, but the spark is wanti g. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at ... 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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