Excerpt from The Life of the Rev. Joseph Blanco White, Vol. 2 of 3: Written by Himself, With Portions of His CorrespondenceWhen any natural propensity is consecrated into a virtue, the greatest evils ensue. Patriotism is an instance of this. We are naturally led to give un due importance to ourselves - this, when the indivia dual is clearly the object of his own feeling, is called 09:11am. But when, under the name of patriotism, each individual indulges himself in vanity, in pride, in ambition, in cruelty - end yet does it as an Englishman, as a When, as a these vices are reckoned virtues.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.