What concession does Chamberlain make in this
passage?
Read the passage then answer the question that
follows
It has had a hard life of it, this feeling of Imperial
patriotism. It was checked for a generation by the
apathy and the indifference which were the
characteristics of our former relations with our Colonies,
but it was never extinguished. The embers were still
alight, and when in the late war this old country of ours
showed that it was still possessed by the spirit of our
ancestors, and that it was still prepared to count no
sacrifice that was necessary in order to maintain the
honor and the interests of the Empire, then you found a
response from your children across the seas that
astonished the whole world by a proof, an undeniable
proof, of affection and regard.
- "I Believe in a British Empire,”
Joseph Chamberlain
The honor and interests of the British Empire are all
that matter.
Britain once felt apathetic and indifferent toward its
colonies.
Affection and regard, the feelings of British children
are proof of Britain's new way of life.
Britain is still defined by the spirit of its ancestors
and thirsts for war.