But in other parts of the world national pride is tied to a continuity of historic tradition (as was just demonstrated so beautifully in the opening ceremonies at the Beijing Olympics steeped as they were in Confucianism, and imperial history).
As Thomas Piketty demonstrated so beautifully, wealth is like a magnet attracting more wealth.
Swing can never be discounted, as Martin Bicknell demonstrated so emphatically in his England swansong against South Africa last year, but Jones would seem to offer the more threatening option.
And he loves big, messy families, as he demonstrated so well in his preceding book, "This Is Where I Leave You".
At the same time, Netaporter.com has commissioned designers to produce novelty Christmas jumpers, even though they and everybody else surely know that novelty Christmas jumpers can only be worn by sad-eyed poshos in thrall to their mothers, as Colin Firth demonstrated so brilliantly in Bridget Jones's Diary.
It is to be earthy and physical precisely because we are seeking the transcendent; and the transcendent, as St Thomas Aquinas demonstrated so persuasively, moves through the finite.
When you have living organisms, as Darwin demonstrated so brilliantly in 1859, those that are best adapted to their environment will be the ones that will breed preferentially more successfully than those that are less well-adapted.
Yet an oversupply of money hurts the performance of the top firms as well as those at the bottom -- as has been demonstrated so far by the funds raised in 1999 and 2000.
And the budget deficit is only a reflection of the real problems in the economy and cannot be controlled by the government, as Osborne has demonstrated so comprehensively.
As Mr. Dylan demonstrated so astonishingly in "Chronicles: Volume One," from which "Bob Dylan in America" freely borrows, gymnastics like these can be their own reward.
