A nation is a society united by a delusion about its ancest… - William Ralph Inge

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A nation is a society united by a delusion about its ancestry and a common hatred of its neighbors.

William Ralph Inge

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William Ralph Inge (6 June 1860 – 26 February 1954), popularly referred to simply as Dean Inge, was an English author, Anglican prelate, professor of divinity at Cambridge, and Dean of St Paul's Cathedral.

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Alternative Names: Very Rev. William Ralph Inge • William Inge • Ralph Inge • W. R. Inge • Dean Inge

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