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winning side. In the North, before the War, the man who
opposed slavery was despised and ostracized, and insulted.
By the "Patriots." Then, by and by, the "Patriots" went
over to his side, and thenceforth his attitude became
patriotism.

There are two kinds of patriotism—monarchical pa-
triotism and republican patriotism. In the one case the
government and the king may rightfully furnish you their
notions of patriotism; in the other, neither the government
nor the entire nation is privileged to dictate to any indi-
vidual what the form of his patriotism shall be. The Gos-
pel of the Monarchical Patriotism is: "The King can do
no wrong." We have adopted it with all its servility, with
an unimportant change in the wording: "Our country,
right or wrong!"

We have thrown away the most valuable asset we have
—the individual right to oppose both flag and country
when he (just he by himself) believes them to be in the
wrong. We have thrown it away; and with it all that was
really respectable about that grotesque and laughable
word, Patriotism.

Sixty years ago optimist and fool were not synonymous
terms. This is a greater change than that wrought by
science and invention. It is the mightiest change that was
ever wrought in the world in any sixty years since crea-
tion. Jan. 1905.

Sept. 24 '05. At 8 A.M. a beautiful dream and vividly
real. Livy. Conversation of two or three minutes. I said
several times "Then it was only a dream, only a dream."
She did not seem to understand what I meant.

1906. Paine: "Why is the king's mind [M.T. was fre-
quently referred to as the king] like a railroad time-table?
Because it is subject to change without notice."

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