"But the man I marry must love his country first of all, and be able to say to me,
"'I could not love thee, dear, so much,
Loved I not honor more."
"There is no honor above America with me. In this great hour there is no other honor.”
Select the correct text in the passage.
Which two parts of this excerpt from William Dean Howells's "Editha" idealize patriotism?
"George: I understood—when you left me. But I think we had better emphasize your meaning that if we cannot be one in everything we had better be one in nothing. So I am sending these things for your keeping till you have made up your mind.
"I shall always love you, and therefore I shall never marry any one else. But the man I marry must love his country first of all, and be able to say to me,
"'I could not love thee, dear, so much,
Loved I not honor more."
"There is no honor above America with me. In this great hour there is no other honor.”
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