To have common glories in the past, a common will in the present; to have done great things together, to will to do the like again-these are the essential conditions for the making of a people.
Avoir des gloires communes dans la passé, une volonté commune dans le présent; avoir fait de
grandes choses ensemble, vouloir en faire encore, voilà les conditions essentielles pour être un
peuple.
grandes choses ensemble, vouloir en faire encore, voilà les conditions essentielles pour être un
peuple.
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Original Citation
Renan, Ernest. "Qu’est-ce qu’une nation? [What is a Nation?]" 11 Mar. 1882, University of Sorbonne, Paris, France, pt. 3.
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Current Citation
Renan, Ernest. "What is a Nation?" What is a Nation and Other Political Writings, translated by M. F. N. Giglioli. Columbia University Press, 2018, ch. 10, pt. 3.
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