WHAT IS A NATION?
“Unity of race, of language, of territory, or religion, of government, of economic interests, the possession of a common tradition, a memory of sufferings endured and victories won in common .... in some combination make a nation. But none of these elements can claim monopoly or even prevalence. . . . The classical definition of Renan has lost nothing of its truth: ‘A nation is a soul, a spiritual principle. . . The one is the possession in common of a rich heritage of memories. And the other is actual agreement, desire to live together, and the will to continue to make the most of the joint inheritance. The existence of a nation is a daily plebiscite, just as that of the individual is a continual affirmation of life.’ (W. Friedmann in “The Crisis of the National State.”)
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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume 80, 5 January 1945, Page 3
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136WHAT IS A NATION? Nelson Evening Mail, Volume 80, 5 January 1945, Page 3
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