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For the nation is only the aggregate of individual conditions, and civilization itself is but a question of personal improvement.
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The quote says that a nation is shaped by the combined circumstances of its individual people. It also presents civilization as depending on each person becoming better. In this view, improving society begins with improving personal conditions and personal character, rather than treating the nation as something separate from its members.
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