Quotation by

George Santayana

To me, it seems a dreadful indignity to have a soul controlled by geography.

Patriotism

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George Santayana is expressing that it feels deeply unfair and limiting for a person's identity or spirit to be dictated solely by the place where they were born or live. He suggests that loyalty or love for a country should not confine or define one's inner self.

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