Wedded to his country
"Tapping into the pervasive early modern analogy between private and public spheres according to which the King was figured as husband wedded to his country,...."( http://www.crassh.cam.ac.uk/events/2006-7/preachpolabs.rtf). So says Professor Christina Luckyj, Dalhousie University, Nova Scotia, Canada.
Thomas Jefferson took the idea of a king wedded to his country to the democratic ideal that ''Cultivators of the earth are the most valuable citizens. They are the most vigorous, the most independent, the most virtuous, and they are tied to their country, and wedded to its liberty and interests, by the most lasting bonds.'' (Letter from Thomas Jefferson to John Jay, composed in 1785).
I kind of like the analogy. Consider what this says about those who come unlawfully into the country, and remain wedded to their native language and culture.
"Tapping into the pervasive early modern analogy between private and public spheres according to which the King was figured as husband wedded to his country,...."( http://www.crassh.cam.ac.uk/events/2006-7/preachpolabs.rtf). So says Professor Christina Luckyj, Dalhousie University, Nova Scotia, Canada.
Thomas Jefferson took the idea of a king wedded to his country to the democratic ideal that ''Cultivators of the earth are the most valuable citizens. They are the most vigorous, the most independent, the most virtuous, and they are tied to their country, and wedded to its liberty and interests, by the most lasting bonds.'' (Letter from Thomas Jefferson to John Jay, composed in 1785).
I kind of like the analogy. Consider what this says about those who come unlawfully into the country, and remain wedded to their native language and culture.
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