Germany and the War

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Excerpt from Germany and the War: A SermonStates, without Alaska. But bigness is not necessarily greatness. The population of these square miles is and the army, on a war footing, is five mil lions and a half.Modern Germany is the legitimate successor of the mediaeval empire called The Holy Roman Empire, which governed that section of Europe which we now speak of as Germany, for eight hundred and forty - two years. It has been said of it - that it was not an Empire - that it was not Roman - and that it was the very furthest possible re moved from being holy. The best thing The Holy Roman Empire ever did was to offer itself as a subject for an essay to a young Oxford graduate, twenty - six years of age. In making that book James Bryce made himself famous.The modern German Empire is a Prussian product, and Prussia herself, as a dominant power, is of yesterday. It was not until after the victory of Koniggratz, in 1866, that the voice of Prussia compelled attention even in Europe, but Prussian history extends its roots very much farther back.' Within a hundred years after William came from Normandy, and, landing on the shores of England, con quered Harold of Hastings, becoming henceforth William The Conqueror - William of Germany seems not unwill ing to follow in the wake of that same little vessel, and, landing on the same shores, gain, if may be, the same title.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.