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It is of the very essence of true patriotism, therefore, to be earnest
and truthful, to scorn the flatterer's tongue, and strive to keep its
native land in harmony with the laws of national thrift and power. It
will tell a land of its faults as a friend will counsel a companion. It
will speak as honestly as the physician advises a patient. And if
occasion requires, an indignation will flame out of its love like that
which burst from the lips of Moses when he returned from the mountain
and found the people to whom he had revealed the austere Jehovah and for
whom he would cheerfully have sacrificed his life worshiping a calf.
THOMAS STARR KING.