“智者跟圣人的宝岛”(乔伊斯意大利演章节)资料.docVIP

PAGE PAGE 16 Ireland, Island of James Joyce Nations have their ego, just like individuals. The case of a people who like to attribute to themselves qualities and glories foreign to other people has not been entirely unknown in history, from the time of our ancestors, who called themselves Aryans and nobles, or that of the Greeks, w ho called all those who lived outside the sacrosanct land of a pride that is perhaps less easy to explain, love to refer to their country as the island of saints and sages. This exalted title was not invented yesterday or the day before. It goes back to the