JULY 7th
It is a great mistake to suppose that love unites and unifies men. Love diversifies them, because love is directed towards individuality. The thing that really unites men and makes them like to each other is hatred. Thus, for instance, the more we love Germany the more pleased we shall be that Germany should be something different from ourselves, should keep her own ritual and conviviality and we ours. But the more we hate Germany the more we shall copy German guns and German fortifications in order to be armed against Germany. The more modern nations detest each other the more meekly they follow each other; for all competition is in its nature only a furious plagiarism.
‘Charles Dickens.’
Chesterton, G. K.. The G. K. Chesterton Collection [50 Books] (Kindle Locations 44530-44536). Catholic Way Publishing. Kindle Edition.
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