Where Is England?
‘VERYWHERE in the world where you see a parliament, you see a bit of England, for England is the mother of parliaments. Everywhere. that youg meet with political democracy you have found a bit of English intellectual territory, for England was the first in this world of ours to evolve the ideals of democracy. And everywhere on this planet where the ideals of the liberty and dignity of man, of tolerance, of respect of individuality and the inviolability of human rights are held in honour, the cultural heritage of England is there, and you are not looking at a foreign land but upon that Greater England which is the home of the majority of civilised mankind. Every struggle for the preservation of democracy is simultaneously a struggle for that Greater England, for that spiritual realm which extends far beyond the frontiers of Great Britain herself. That struggle-or, to express it more pacifically, that evolution of the world-will decide the fate of certain principles, values, and ideals in which the soul of England is actually at stake. I would say that the shores of England begin wherever the values of liberty find application. There are many Dovers in this world, but you must seek them on the moral map of the world." -Karel Capek
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New Zealand Listener, Volume 5, Issue 128, 5 December 1941, Page 12
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216Where Is England? New Zealand Listener, Volume 5, Issue 128, 5 December 1941, Page 12
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