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Patriotism as an Ethical Concept

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66 The beliefs, however, are often closely related to the impulses and habits, and may simply be the latter raised to the level of consciousness. In fact, when an impulse or a habit gets raised to the conscious level, it becomes a belief.

67 Graham Wallas: The Great Society, p. 36.

68 Alfred Tennyson. Poem has no title. Stanza given is the opening one. See The Works of Alfred Lord Tennyson, London and New York, MacMillan Co., 1892, p. 64.

69 Herbert Spencer: Social Statics, p. 283.

70 Daniel Webster: Reply to Hayne. Jan. 26, 1830.

71 Green: Works. Vol. II. The Principles of Political Obligation, p. 384. Italics mine.

72 Cf. Thomas Hobbes: Leviathan.

73 J. S. Mill. In letter to John Sterling, Oct. 20-22, 1831. Elliott: Letters, Vol. I, p. 15.

74 Josiah Quincy, Jr.: Second Centennial of Boston. Sept. 17, 1830.

75 L. T. Chamberlin: Patriotism and The Moral Law, p. 10.

76 J. S. Mill: Principles of Political Economy, Vol. II, p. 397.

77 Cf. Aristotle: Politics, Bk. I, Chap. 1, p. 3. Jowett’s edition.

78 Cf. Plato: The Republic.

79 Edward Everett Hale: The Man Without a Country. Preface, pp. IV, V. School edition; Boston; Little, Brown, and Co.; 1905.

80 The term “syndicalism” as here used means roughly the principle that societal control should be in the hands of organizations based upon the fact of common occupation. Cf. G. D. H. Cole: The World of Labour.

81 Plato: Crito, pp. 371 ff. Jowett’s edition.

82 Bernard Bosanquet: Social and International Ideals, p. 8.

83 Bertrand Russell: Why Men Fight, p. 55.

84 Herbert Spencer: Social Statics, pp. 296, 297.

85 Loisy: The War and Religion, pp. 36, 37.

86 Zimmermann: On National Pride, p. 94.

87 Patrick Henry: Speech in Virginia Legislature, 1775.

88 Abraham Lincoln: Gettysburg Address. Nov. 19, 1863.

89 Bacon: De Augmentis Scientarum, B. VI, Ch. III. (Spedding and Ellis). Quoted by Alexander F. Shand: The Foundations of Character, p. 7.

90 Walter Lippmann: The Stakes of Diplomacy, pp. 74, 75.

91 Samuel Adams: Protest of Boston Against Taxation. May 24, 1764.

92 John Dewey: Progress, I. J. E., April, 1916, p. 321.

93 Cf. Veblen: The Nature of Peace, pp. 166, 167.

94 Chamberlain: Patriotism and The Moral Law, p. 6.

95 L. P. Jacks: The Changing Mind of a Nation at War, pp. 78, 79. Jacks is talking of war-time conditions.

96 George Washington: Letter to the Governors. June 18, 1783. Italics mine.

97 McDougall: Social Psychology, p. 207.

98 C. D. Burns: The Morality of Nations, p. 11.

99 Bosanquet: Social and International Ideals, p. 3.

100 Royce: The Philosophy of Loyalty, p. 40.

101 Ibid., p. 41.

102 Zimmermann: On National Pride, pp. 280, 281.

103 William Cowper: The Task, II, 206.

104 Sir Walter Scott: The Lay of the Last Minstrel. Canto Sixth.

105 Cf. Mill: On Liberty; and Spencer: Social Statics.

106 Hegel: The Philosophy of Right, pp. 330, 337.

107 Cf. H. P. Judson: The Young American. Chap. I, pp. 9, 10.

108 H. H. Powers: The Things Men Fight For, p. 283.

109 Nitobe: Bushido, The Soul of Japan, p. 116.

110 C. D. Broad: The Prevention of War. I. J. E., Jan., 1916, p. 243.

111 For a clear statement of the diplomatic aims of the different nations in this present war see H. H. Powers: The Things Men Fight For.

112 J. S. Mill: Letter dated Oct. 25, 1865. Elliott: Letters. Vol. II, p. 47.

113 Chas. Sumner: The True Grandeur of Nations. Boston, July 4, 1845.

114 Powers: The Things Men Fight For, p. 340.

115 Green: Works. Vol. II. The Principles of Political Obligation, p. 338.

116 See Anne C. E. Allinson: Virgil and the New Patriotism, Yale Review, Oct., 1917, p. 158.

117 King: Washington or Greatness. In Patriotism and Other Papers, pp. 72, 73.

118 L. S. Woolf: International Morality. I. J. E., Oct., 1915, p. 18.

119 Loisy: The War and Religion, p. 21.

120 Elroy Headley: Patriotic Essays, Introduction, p. XV.

121 Mazzini: 1834. Quoted by Rose: Nationality in Modern History, p. 74.

122 Longfellow: The Building of the Ship.

123 Josiah Quincy, Jr. Speech at Second Centennial of Boston, Sept. 17, 1830.

124 Wm. Watson: The True Patriotism. See The Poems of William Watson, New York and London, Macmillan Co., 1893, p. 76.

125 Chamberlin: Patriotism and The Moral Law, pp. 24, 25.

126 Chas. E. Hughes: Addresses Before the Empire State Society, S. A. R. Nov. 26, 1906.

127 Bosanquet: Social and International Ideals, preface, pp. VI, VII.

128 Chamberlin: Patriotism and The Moral Law, p. 14.

129 John Grier Hibben: The Higher Patriotism, p. 18.

130 J. M. Robertson: Patriotism and Empire, p. 202.

131 International Reform Bureau: Patriotic Studies, 1888-1905.

132 Thos. S. King: Patriotism and Other Papers, p. 49.

133 Cf. E. A. Venturi: Joseph Mazzini, with two essays by Mazzini: Thoughts on Democracy and The Duties of Man.

134 Royce: Loyalty, pp. 214, 215, 118.

135 Royce: Duties of Americans in the Present War. In The Hope of the Great Community, pp. 3, 4. Italics mine.

136 Graham Wallas: Human Nature in Politics, p. 100.

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