There were two parties there also, but besides loyalty another sentiment flourished which would now be called chauvinism, yet which possessed a noble influence, since it fostered in our hearts that most beautiful flower of the young mind, enthusiasm for a great cause.
"The Complete Historical Romances of Georg Ebers"
Georg Ebers
The importance of his theories, considered as an ingredient in modern German chauvinism, is not so considerable, I should imagine, as is sometimes thought.
"German Culture Past and Present"
Ernest Belfort Bax
I refer to the ecstasy of chauvinism, or fanatical, local, unjust patriotism, and to the ecstasy of the pathologically religious victim whose views border on hallucination.
"The Literature of Ecstasy"
Albert Mordell