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“Perhaps even more than constituted authority, it is social uniformity and sameness that harass the individual most. His very "uniqueness," "separateness" and "differentiation" make him an alien, not only in his native place, but even in his own home. Often more so than the foreign born who generally falls in with the established.”

Home Fall Individual Social Born Authority Aliens Native Uniqueness Uniformity Sameness Separateness Differentiation Native Place

Book:Red Emma Speaks: An Emma Goldman Reader

Source: Red Emma Speaks: An Emma Goldman Reader

“Nothing is more evident, I venture to think, as a result of two or three thousand years of social philosophizing, than that society must live and thrive by way of the native impulses of individual human beings.”

Thinking Way Years Humans Two Three Individual Social Human Beings Results Thousand Impulse Native Thrive Thousand Years Venture Evident

Author:William Ernest Hocking

“[T]he individual in whom the will for the light is strong and clear finds his heart inextricably bound up with the struggle of the forces of light in his native place and time. Much as he may long for the opportunity of fuller self- expression in a happier world, he knows that for him self-expression is impossible save in the world in which his mind is rooted. The individual in whom the will for the light is weak soon persuades himself that his opportunity lies elsewhere.”

Source: Darkness and the light

“The love for our native land strengthens our individual and national character.”

Character Individual Land Native Native Land

Author:Alexander Hamilton

“The individual whose vision encompasses the whole world often feels nowhere so hedged in and out of touch with his surroundings as in his native land.”

World Feels Whole Individual Vision Land Whole World Native Surroundings Native Land

Book:Red Emma Speaks: An Emma Goldman Reader

Source: Red Emma Speaks: An Emma Goldman Reader

“Whatever strengthens our local attachments is favorable both to individual and national character, our home, our birthplace, our native land. Think for a while what the virtues are which arise out of the feelings connected with these words, and if you have any intellectual eyes, you will then perceive the connection between topography and patriotism.”

Ifs Thinking Character Feelings Home Eye Individual Virtue Land Intellectual Connections Connected Arise Locals Perceive Native Attachment Native Land Birthplace Topography Birth Place

Book:The Doctor, &c

Source: The Doctor, &c