In most poetic expressions of patriotism, it is impossible to distinguish what is one of the greatest human virtues from — W.H. Auden
In most poetic expressions of patriotism, it is impossible to distinguish what is one of the greatest human virtues from — W.H. Auden
In most poetic expressions of patriotism, it is impossible to distinguish what is one of the greatest human virtues from — W.H. Auden
In most poetic expressions of patriotism, it is impossible to distinguish what is one of the greatest human virtues from — W.H. Auden
In most poetic expressions of patriotism, it is impossible to distinguish what is one of the greatest human virtues from — W.H. Auden
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In most poetic expressions of patriotism, it is impossible to distinguish what is one of the greatest human virtues from the worst human vice, collective egotism.

— W.H. Auden
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