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"Nationality in its highest form is ... a precious possession. It
is the highest expression of human civilisation in an individual
form, and mankind is the richer for its appearance. Our purpose is
not only to see to it that men shall be housed and fed and clothed
in a manner worthy of human beings, but also that they may become
humanised by participation in the culture of centuries, that they
may themselves possess culture and produce it. All culture is
national. It takes its rise in some special people, and reaches its
highest form in national character.... Socialism and the national
idea are thus not opposed to each other. Every attempt to weaken
the national idea is an attempt to lessen the precious possessions
of mankind.... Socialism wants to organise, and not disintegrate,
humanity. But in the organisms of mankind, not individuals, but
nations are the tissues, and if the whole organism is to remain
healthy it is necessary for the tissues to be healthy.
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