Today’s extract from the “Naval Chronicle” is from the 25th edition, published in 1811. It illustrates a general attitude of the day that may be shared by patriots of any age and any country.
PREFACE
TO THE TWENTY-FIFTH VOLUME
PATRIOTISM, in the unsophisticated sense of the word, comprises nearly all that is elevated in the human mind. The real patriot, superior to all party, acts, feels, and lives for his country. He deplores her poverty, but rejoices in her wealth; sympathizes in her losses, but exults in her success; mourns over her defeats, but triumphs in her victories; shudders at the idea of her disgrace, but, as a simple part of the whole, he experiences a glowing pride, in all that adds to her honour, or increases her splendour.
XXV, v.
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