A nation is a soul, a spiritual principle. Two things which, to tell the truth, are but one, constitute this soul, this spiritual principle. One is in the past, the other in the present. One is the possession in common of a rich legacy of memories; the other is current consent, the desire to live together, the will to continue to promote the heritage that we have received undivided. Ernest Renan
https://lesamisdelanation.wordpress.com/2020/11/11/quest-ce-quune-nation/
