Inland taipan South Wales, and William John Macleay described the same snake under the name "Diemenia ferox" (thinking it was a different species). No more specimens were collected until 1972. In 1896 George Albert Boulenger classified both as belonging to the same genus, "Pseudechis" (black snakes), referring them as "Pseudechis microlepidotus" and "Pseudechis ferox". In 1956, relying only on published descriptions and notes, James Roy Kinghorn regarded "ferox" as a synonym for "microlepidotus" and proposed the genus "Parademansia". In 1963 Eric Worrell considered "Parademansia microlepidotus" and "Oxyuranus scutellatus" (coastal taipan, named simply "taipan" in those days) to be the same species. In
What Is a Nation? What Is a Nation? "What is a Nation?" ("Qu'est-ce qu'une nation?") is an 1882 lecture by French historian Ernest Renan (1823–1892), known for the statements that a nation is "a daily referendum", and that nations are based as much on what the people jointly forget, as what they remember. It is frequently quoted or anthologized in works of history or political science pertaining to nationalism and national identity. Renan wrote "What is a Nation" in order to symbolize the nationalism which was born in France as a result of the French Revolution of 1789. Renan begins his essay by noting