The Nature of Personality a Course of Lectures
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Just so we may not know what our national purpose positively is, but we know enough about it to sing with real conviction that " Britons never shall be slaves. " This, however, can only be because the term " Briton " is felt to be incompatible with the term " slave " ; whatever ideal it represents is one contrary to slavery. But in order to resist, it must have some character of its own.
What is this character ? It is the product of a mass of tradition and sentiment which permeates all individu...al citizens. We were born into a people reading the Bible, Shake- speare, Milton, Bunyan, and so on ; into a people who had finally broken with the feudalism once common to all European nations by the precise expedient of beheading a King in a moment of Puritan fervour, etc. , etc. We brought some new element our- selves into being when we were born, but even this was moulded by a history embodied 56 THE NATURE lect.
in institutions and prejudices and principles; and even those wlio are keenest in criticism of British methods are Britons themselves as soon as they have to choose between their own country and another ; and often their criticism is a kind of patriotism, perhaps even the best kind.
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To quickly assess the difficulty of the text, read a short excerpt:
Just so we may not know what our national purpose positively is, but we know enough about it to sing with real conviction that " Britons never shall be slaves. " This, however, can only be because the term " Briton " is felt to be incompatible with the term " slave " ; whatever ideal it represents is one contrary to slavery. But in order to resist, it must have some character of its own.
What is this character ? It is the product of a mass of tradition and sentiment which permeates all individu...al citizens. We were born into a people reading the Bible, Shake- speare, Milton, Bunyan, and so on ; into a people who had finally broken with the feudalism once common to all European nations by the precise expedient of beheading a King in a moment of Puritan fervour, etc. , etc. We brought some new element our- selves into being when we were born, but even this was moulded by a history embodied 56 THE NATURE lect.
in institutions and prejudices and principles; and even those wlio are keenest in criticism of British methods are Britons themselves as soon as they have to choose between their own country and another ; and often their criticism is a kind of patriotism, perhaps even the best kind.
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You can find similar books in the "Read Also" column, or choose other free books by William Temple to read onlineMoreLess
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