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Московский государственный университет им. М.В.Ломоносова READER IN LANGUAGE AND CULTURE FOR JUNIOR STUDENTS OF THE HUMANITIES Part II. МОСКВА 2007 England Nationalism and Identity Forewarned The attitude of the English towards other nations is not so much xenophobia (fear of foreigners) as xenopili (pity for foreigners for having the misfortune to be, well, NOT English). As Cecil Rhodes once observed, To be born English is to win first prize in the lottery of life. It is hardly surprising, then, that the English should feel a bit sorry for all the runners-up. The last invasion of England was