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123. And (c) that even then his patriotism will not be a passion unless it includes a feeling for the state analogous to that which he has for his family and home

124. But are we not again assuming what was disputed, viz. that a sense of its serving a common interest is necessary to the existence of the state?

125. Observe that the idea of an end or function, realised by agencies unconscious of it and into which it cannot be resolved, is already implicit even if the state be treated as a 'natural organism'

126. Such a treatment, however, would ignore the distinction between the 'natural' and the 'human' or 'moral' agencies which have operated in the production of states

127. It may be objected that these 'human' agencies are not necessarily 'moral,' but on the contrary are often selfish

128. But though human motives are never unalloyed, they only produce good results so far as they are fused with and guided by some unselfish element

129. If e.g. we would form a complete estimate of Napoleon, we must consider not only his ambition but the particular form in which his ambition worked