Patriotism : A Menace to Liberty

By Goldman, Emma

Book Id: WPLBN0000180014
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Reproduction Date: 2005

Title:	Patriotism : A Menace to Liberty
Author:	Goldman, Emma
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Language:	English
Subject:	Literature, Literature & thought, Writing.
Collections:	Classic Literature Collection
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Publisher:	World Ebook Library


Citation APA MLA Chicago Goldman, E. (n.d.). Patriotism : A Menace to Liberty. Retrieved from http://self.gutenberg.org/

Excerpt
WHAT is patriotism? Is it love of one's birthplace, the place of childhood's recollections and hopes, dreams and aspirations? Is it the place where, in childlike naivete, we would watch the fleeting clouds, and wonder why we, too, could not run so swiftly? The place where we would count the milliard glittering stars, terror-stricken lest each one an eye should be, piercing the very depths of our little souls? Is it the place where we would listen to the music of the birds, and long to have wings to fly, even as they, to distant lands? Or the place where we would sit at mother's knee, enraptured by wonderful tales of great deeds and conquests? In short, is it love for the spot, every inch representing dear and precious recollections of a happy, joyous, and playful childhood?

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