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PATRIOTISM AN ENDURING QUALITY IN NATION'S STRESSFUL TIMES.(LOCAL)
From: The Virginian Pilot
Date: 20011014
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Byline: GEORGE TUCKER
Like other members of my generation I learned what true patriotism means during the first year of my elementary education in the Norfolk public schools.
In using the word patriotism, however, I do not mean the jingoistic kind that Dr. Samuel Johnson (1709-1784) defined as ``the last refuge of a scoundrel,'' a cynical evaluation that Ambrose Bierce (1847-1914) further denigrated by declaring: ``In Dr. Johnson's dictionary, patriotism is defined as the last resort of a scoundrel. With all due respect to an enlightened but inferior lexicographer, I beg ...
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