Ernest Gellner Quotes

I Am Deeply Sensitive To The Spell Of Nationalism. I Can Play About Thirty Bohemian Folk Songs ... On My Mouth-organ. My Oldest Friend, Who Is Czech And A Patriot, Cannot Bear To Hear Me Play Them Because He Says I Do It In Such A Schmalzy Way, 'crying Into The Mouth Organ'. I Do Not Think I Could Have Written The Book On Nationalism Which I Did Write, Were I Not Capable Of Crying, With The Help Of A Little Alcohol, Over Folk Songs, Which Happen To Be My Favourite Form Of Music.

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