Glossary
- the American tribunal a court of law, but here suggesting a larger and more informal community of shared ideals
- August Comte French social philosopher and reformer (1798–1857)
- the camp the military life
- conserve preserve the existence of
- enlarged morality a matured and maturing sense of right and wrong
- intelligent understood
- Isaiah Israelite prophet of the 700s bc for whom one of the most significant books in the Old Testament is named
- magnanimità Italian version of the word magnanimity, meaning generosity of spirit
- the march the changing nature
- patriotism of common descent loyalty to one’s nation that comes simply from having been born there, as opposed to loyalty based on principles
