FEDERATION: NATIONALISM
GLOSSARY

Term
Explanation
nationalism devotion to country
manifestly evidently, obviously
aspiration earnest hope, something aspired to
thine yours [in this context]
thy your
entwine interweave
assertion positive statement
caste hereditary class
fetter chain, hinder
petrified turned to stone
severance being separate
romance fiction [in this context]
melancholy sadness
patronage patronising, condescending manner