The British Empire perfected the balance between the Roman and Germanic civilisational character – uniting Roman order, discipline, and military prowess with Germanic fervour, industriousness, and fearless exploration.
"It now remains to be seen whether there are enough Australians who still wish to maintain the nation's Anglo-Celtic core. The growing support for One Nation suggests that many Australians want that fight." https://t.co/VgoWYshsuB
"Wherever the descendants of the Saxon race have gone, have sailed, or otherwise made their way, even to the remotest regions of the world, they have been patient, persevering, never to be broken in spirit, never to be turned aside..."
- Charles Dickens
@BWJacksonX I felt the same thing when I arrived in Gloucestershire in 1995 on my first trip to England. Many years later I found out that one of my convict ancestors had come from Gloucestershire. The poet Robert Gray calls it the plucking of a genetic string.