Word: patriotism
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Dates: during 1870-1879
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...never shall the patriot's glories...
Well - I 'm no patriot...
...Patriotism and reverence for the old, the venerable, the heroic in the past, are rarities nowadays. There is no better incentive to intelligent, whole-souled patriotism than the study of the past of our own country. Every true patriot may well exclaim with Edward Everett: "I should feel ashamed of an enthusiasm for Italy and Greece, did I not also feel it for a land like this...
...Galaxy for May is an interesting number, although not a remarkable one. "A Plea for a Patriot" sets forth the claims of Tom Paine to the national gratitude, in an interesting and convincing manner. Richard Grant White talks of his "Seeking a Lost Art," and Albert Rhodes has an essay on "The Pursuit of the Dollar," in which he says many true and severe things of Americans, together with some things that are equally severe, though not as true. The regular departments are fully up to the standard of the magazine...
...THOU patriot of the country's brighter...