But so much as this is plain, a nation means a LIKE body of men, because of that likeness capable of acting together, and because of that likeness inclined to obey similar rules; and even this Homer's Cyclops--used only to sparse human beings--could not have conceived.
This quote defines a nation as a collective of similar individuals capable of acting together, a concept that was beyond the comprehension of early humans.
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