...selfish and mischievous ambition, is a profligate disregard of a dignity which they partake with others. To be attached to the subdivision, to love the little...the first principle (the germ as it were) of public affections. It is the first link in the series by which we proceed towards a love to our country, and...

...seems to have been complete. It was a saying of Burke, thoroughly illustrative of his character, that " to love the little platoon we belong to in society is the germ of all public affections." His description of his wife, in her youth, is probably one of the finest...

...of local self-government, — a doctrine that Mr. Burke has accurately and strikingly described: — To be attached to the subdivision, to love the little...principle, — the germ, as it were, — of public affections. It is the first link in the series by which we proceed towards a love to our country, and...

...collective action in the State. Burke has put this in words which are trite because they are so true : " To "be attached to the sub-division, to love the "...is the " first principle, the germ, as it were, of the public " affections." It is a sentence that hits the mark. To love the little platoon and not merely...

...local self-government,—a doctrine that Mr. Burke has accurately and strikingly described:— . j To be attached to the subdivision, to love the little platoon we belong to in society, is the first principle,—the germ, as it were,—of public affections. It is the first link in the series by which...

...the greatest political thinker that modern Ireland has sent out : " To be attached," said Burke, " to the sub-division, to love the little platoon we...the first principle (the germ as it were) of public affections." Perhaps, we might also suggest to our objector, the lesser nationalities are even now,...

...counterpoise to their industrial system, and, lo ! the seven devils of industrial unrest are the fruit.1 1 " To be attached to the sub-division, to love the little...the first principle (the germ as it were) of public E. Do you think County Councils are a heaven-born method of government ? F. What I am driving at is...

...District Histories which has come over Bengnl. Local patriotism is the root of national patriotism. "To be attached to the sub-division, to love the little...the first principle, the germ as it were, of public affections." (Burke.) Hence, we can appreciate the spirit in which Dr. P*. C. Ray wrote his invitation...

...consider most unfortunate, — does not Edmund Burke say :— To be attached to the sub-divisions, to love the little platoon we belong to in society...the first principle, the germ, as it were, of public >ffeotions. It is the first link in the series by which we proceed towards a love to our country and...

...school, a ship, a club, a Trade Union, any free association of Englishmen, is all England in miniature. " To be attached to the subdivision, to love the little platoon we belong to in society," said Burke long ago, " is the first principle, the germ, as it were, of public affections. It is the...