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Arthur C. Clarke

It is not easy to see how the more extreme forms of nationalism can long survive when men have seen the Earth in its true perspective as a single small globe against the stars.

Arthur C. Clarke

Patriotism

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Arthur C. Clarke suggests that when people understand how small and connected the Earth is within the vast universe, extreme nationalism loses its strong appeal.

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