Historical And Philosophical Essays

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AMONG the changes which have altered the political world during the last hundred years, one of the most remarkable, though it has been little remarked, is the degree in which the great and permanent bodies which now constitute nations, have assumed, in their mutual relations, an individual character; so that while, under the influence of their increasing intercourse, the mere external peculiarities of the inhabitants of different countries are becoming obliterated, peculiarities in the public conduct of those countries are becoming more marked.