Patriotism or any other version of the herd instinct seems to me an entirely inadequate basis of virtue. Christianity is from that point of view an explanation of and a support for an essential ingredient in man's nature-far the best, though necessarily imperfect. (Robert Cecil, 1st Viscount Cecil of Chelwood)

Patriotism or any other version of the herd instinct seems to me an entirely inadequate basis of virtue. Christianity is from that point of view an explanation of and a support for an essential ingredient in man's nature-far the best, though necessarily imperfect.

Robert Cecil, 1st Viscount Cecil of Chelwood

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