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 Yon Sun that sets upon the sea
 We follow in his flight;
  Farewell awhile to him and read more 
 Yon Sun that sets upon the sea
 We follow in his flight;
  Farewell awhile to him and thee,
   My native land--Good Night! 
 There ought to be system of manners in every nation which a 
well-formed mind would be disposed to relish. read more 
 There ought to be system of manners in every nation which a 
well-formed mind would be disposed to relish. To make us love 
our country, our country ought to be lovely. 
 I can't but say it is an awkward sight
 To see one's native land receding through
  The read more 
 I can't but say it is an awkward sight
 To see one's native land receding through
  The growing waters; it unmans one quite,
   Especially when life is rather new. 
 To be really cosmopolitan a man must be at home even in his own 
country.
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 To be really cosmopolitan a man must be at home even in his own 
country.
   - Thomas W. Higginson, 
 What exile from his country is able to escape from himself?
 [Lat., Patriae quis exul se quoque fugit.]  
 What exile from his country is able to escape from himself?
 [Lat., Patriae quis exul se quoque fugit.] 
 And nobler is a limited command,
 Given by the love of all your native land,
  Than a read more 
 And nobler is a limited command,
 Given by the love of all your native land,
  Than a successive title, long and dark,
   Drawn from the mouldy rolls of Noah's Ark. 
 Our country is that spot to which our heart is bound.
 [Fr., La patrie est aux lieux ou l'ame read more 
 Our country is that spot to which our heart is bound.
 [Fr., La patrie est aux lieux ou l'ame est enchainee.] 
My foot is on my native heath, and my name is MacGregor.
My foot is on my native heath, and my name is MacGregor.
 They love their land, because it is their own,
 And scorn to give aught other reason why;
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 They love their land, because it is their own,
 And scorn to give aught other reason why;
  Would shake hands with a king upon his throne,
   And think it kindness to his majesty.