Linda Colley Quotes

Recognising That An Ostentatious Cult Of Heroism And State Service Served An Important Propaganda Function For The British Elite Does Not Mean, Of Course, That We Should Dismiss It As Artificial Or Insincere. All Aristocracies Have A Strong Military Tradition, And For Many British Patricians The Protracted Warfare Of The Period Was A Godsend. It Gave Them A Job, And, More Important, A Purpose, An Opportunity To Carry Out What They Had Been Trained To Do Since Childhood: Ride Horses, Fire Guns, Exercise Their Undoubted Physical Courage And Tell Other People What To Do.

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