Wyvern (Dungeons & Dragons) aggressive, and able to lash with a sting-equipped tail. This edition of the "D&D" game included its own version of the wyvern, in the "Dungeons & Dragons Expert Set" (1981 & 1983). The wyvern was also later featured in the "Dungeons & Dragons Game" set (1991), the "Dungeons & Dragons Rules Cyclopedia" (1991), and the "Classic Dungeons & Dragons Game" set (1994). The wyvern appears first in the "Monstrous Compendium" Volume One (1989), and are reprinted in the "Monstrous Manual" (1993). The Mercykiller wyrm, a relative of the wyvern for the Planescape campaign setting, appeared in "In the Cage: A
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