FRATERNITY OR BROTHERHOOD
It lias been significant, writes Mr A. D. Lindsay, Master of Balliol College,’ Oxford, in “Reynold’s News,” that we English have never vet translated the last word of the Republican motto, for “Fraternity” is not a real word for us. Wo have an odd habit in English of using a Latin instead of an English form of a word when we do not really mean what the word expresses. We could not have gone on saying, “Liberty, Equality and Brotherhood” without insisting that something had to be done about it, because “Brotherhood” is a concrete definite word; but it is easier' to say “Liberty, Equality and Fraternity” and feel the better for such a high-sounding proclamation — and leave it at that. Such unreality brings inevitable disillusionment.
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Ashburton Guardian, Volume 61, Issue 7, 19 October 1940, Page 4
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