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The presence or absence of any one or more of these factors does not
necessarily imply the presence or absence of a spirit of nationality.
Switzerland is an example of a nation even though the people are divided by
race, language and religion. The Jews represent a strange example of a
nation. The Jews developed into a nation although they never had any
particular territory having a geographical unity.
They were scattered all the world over and it was only after world war II that
they established a slate of their own in Israel. As Laski puts it, “Nationality is
essentially spiritual in character, a sentiment, the will of the people to live
together.”
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