ABSTRACT
The sentiment of nationality depends for its character on the character of its many and various foundations; it is transformed with the transformation of any or all of these; and it finds its true fulfillment when men recognize the true nature, the interdependence and coordination, and the rightful claims of these. In particular the consciousness of race or ethnic origin, at one time regarded as the corner-stone of nationality, has proved to be in nearly every case a delusion. If again a self-governing colony lacks the desire to be at least federated to the mother-country, it must be said of it that it has lost its original nationality and become a new nation. The sentiment of nationality proper emerged when men again sought, under the conditions just described, to realize and distinguish the claims of the complete community to which they felt themselves to belong, discerning this devotion from other conflicting loyalties.
