This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1917 edition. Excerpt: ...hope even a majority--who have maintained the virtues and the standards of their progenitors. May they soon come into their inheritance, and on their part wield a power which will control the destinies of the German people. But the fact remains indisputable: that their voice has not made itself heard in this ...
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1917 edition. Excerpt: ...hope even a majority--who have maintained the virtues and the standards of their progenitors. May they soon come into their inheritance, and on their part wield a power which will control the destinies of the German people. But the fact remains indisputable: that their voice has not made itself heard in this sad epoch of their own history and of the history of the world. Those who have ruled them, and those who speak and act in the name of the German nation, have repudiated the virtues to which many may no doubt lay claim. They may thus have been silenced. But this is not enough to account for the undisputed dominance of the powers of evil in that country. The appeal to the lower instincts and passions, which lie in us all and are a part of the animal side in human nature, has under the stress of war and the misrepresentation of its origin and aim roused these passions among the large mass of the German people to the extinction of their better selves. Under such conditions a willing ear is given to the blandishments or mis-statements of responsible leaders. To quote in their most literal significance the old words, never more true than to-day: " Evil communications corrupt good manners ." II. TRANSLATION OF THE MANIFESTO1 (Contained in the article on " The Situation" by Prof. Dietrich Schafer, published in " Das Grossere Deutsch-land" January 27 and February 5, 1917). CAN there be aimless wars? Even wars of conquest and gain cannot be characterized as such. How could it be otherwise amongst highly developed states which cannot wage war without the expression of a collective will? Thus the German nation when it was forced into war at once endeavoured to become clearly conscious of the object for which it was fighting. Our Government, in sharp...
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