Excerpt from An Essay on National Pride, Whether Arising From Excellencies Real or Imaginary: With an Examination of Its Advantages and Disadvantages; And Observations on Religious, Republican and Monarchical Pride England was not without its version of the Essay on National Pride, but unfortunately, the task fell into hands that were wholly incompetent to its ereen tion, and this is undoubtedly the cause why the work is much less known in this country than it deserves t be. To rescue this portion of Zimmermann's wri. Tings from neglect, and to exhibit him in a dress more worthy of his distinguished character, has been my ambition in the present translation. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.