The Englishman

After spending the Great War in England, Spanish-American writer George Santayana observed that the typical Englishman had not been changed by imperial glory, showing no prejudice towards others though he remained stubbornly English wherever he went. The Empire, Santayana said, had been fortunate to have such masters, for there were far worse waiting to take his place.

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