# Household words, no. 304, January 19, 1856

Author: Dickens, Charles, 1812-1870 [Editor]

Genre: Category: British Literature

Language: English

License: Public domain

Source: https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/74938

Amazon editions: https://www.amazon.com/s?k=Household+words%2C+no.+304%2C+January+19%2C+1856+Dickens&tag=cyberlibrar00-20

## Summary

It is more or less the habit of every country--more or less commendable in every case--to exalt itself and its institutions above every other country, and be vain-glorious. Out of the partialities thus engendered and maintained, there has arisen a great deal of patriotism, and a great deal of public spirit. On the other hand, it is of paramount importance to every nation that its boastfulness should not generate prejudice, conventionality, and a cherishing of unreasonable ways of acting and thinking, which have nothing in them deserving of respect, but are ridiculous or wrong.

## Chapters

- [Part 5](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/household-words-no-304-january-19-1856-74938/chapters/5/index.md)
- [Part 1](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/household-words-no-304-january-19-1856-74938/chapters/1/index.md)
- [Part 4](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/household-words-no-304-january-19-1856-74938/chapters/4/index.md)
- [Part 2](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/household-words-no-304-january-19-1856-74938/chapters/2/index.md)
- [Part 3](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/household-words-no-304-january-19-1856-74938/chapters/3/index.md)
- [Part 6](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/household-words-no-304-january-19-1856-74938/chapters/6/index.md)