Commemorations and the Shaping of Modern Poland

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COMMEMORATIONS AND THE SHAPING OF MODERN POLAND Commemorations and the Shaping of Modern Poland  PATRICE M. DABROWSKI Indiana University Press Bloomington and Indianapolis This book is a publication of Indiana University Press 601 North Morton Street Bloomington, IN 47404-3797 USA http://iupress.indiana.edu Telephone orders 800-842-6796 Fax orders 812-855-7931 Orders by e-mail iuporder@indiana.edu© 2004 by Patrice Marie Dabrowski All rights reserved No part of this book may be reproduced or utilized in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying and recording, or by any information storage and retrieval system, without permission in writing from the publisher. The Association of American University Presses’ Resolution on Permissions constitutes the only exception to this prohibition. The paper used in this publication meets the minimum requirements of American National Standard for Information Sciences—Permanence of Paper for Printed Library Materials, ANSI Z39.48-1984.        Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Dabrowski, Patrice M., date Commemorations and the shaping of modern Poland / Patrice M. Dabrowski. p. cm. Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 0-253-34429-8 (cloth : alk. paper) 1. Poland—History—1864–1918. I. Title. DK4380.D33 2004 320.54’09438’09034—dc22 2004004359 1 2 3 4 5 09 08 07 06 05 04 To my parents Seize the opportunity afforded by the events of the present moment, and raise souls to the pitch of the souls of the ancients. —Jean-Jacques Rousseau For it rightly has been said that the stream of national life cannot constantly flow only in tiny, individual channels. If it is to survive and not get lost in the sands of wretched ordinariness, it must unite in certain solemn moments into one great majestic whole. Under such conditions, the strength of feeling intensifies in mutual excitement and clearly awakens a conviction of general solidarity, through which, of course, the internal element of the nation gains immensely. —Boles`aw Marczewski The people will make itself by fêtes . . . —Jules Michelet ...