Word: nationalism
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...shows how the unsurpassed fervor of our patriotism is an absolute necessity in binding together so many races into to persistent nation, but points out a national indifference to the affairs, feelings and treasures of Europe, which seems to be a protege of this patriotism...
...gaudy vacation" and do not work hard "as unofficial delegates of their country for the cultivation of international friendship." He describes the mass of American tourists in Europe as passing through the country with "an open purse but a closed mind. This careless, haughty, condescending, unfair behavior toward European nations, ultimately the residue of a patriotic view that already belongs to the past" he ascribes partly to the idea with which the nation has grown up--namely, "that it is an English nation, and the immigrants who come from other countries are useful fellow-workers and desirable guests...
There is a new feeling of pride springing up in a mixed ancestry, and with this new attitude of the majority, a fundamental revision of the antiquated national theory is necessarily demanded. "The ties of kinship do not connect this country with England more than with Ireland, or Holland, or Sweden." Professor Muensterberg sees, as the outcome of the situation, a unique nation issuing from the "melting-pot" in which the finest qualities of all Europe will be blended, and in which will live a new patriotism "which will not know host or guests among the citizens of this country...
Agitation is said to be a sign of great growth; and it was aptly put by one of our great leaders, that "agitation is the safeguard of democracy." A great material nation is what we want. We do not want the Puritan ahead of the Yankee, or vice-versa; what we do want is the Puritan and the Yankee on equal terms. It is the imperfect political organization of a country that holds men down to hard work with meagre pay. The more that men realize this and help to improve it, the better the conditions of the various countries...
...Berger's solution of the situation is to buy out the trusts. In this way they would come under public ownership, and all public utilities necessary for the welfare and life of the nation would eventually come into the hands of the people, over 70 per cent, of whom belong to the working class...