Germany in Revolution

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Excerpt from Germany in Revolution: The First Phase On one side of the Rhine there was still the old world on the other there was already a new one. This is not meant to imply any criticism of the English people. It is merely saying that a great event had taken place in Germany which had not taken place in England. For a revolution is a very great event indeed it is the greatest event which can happen to any nation. And the German nation is immensely proud of its Revolution. It would not have been so proud had not the Revolution been long waited for. For at least seventy years, ever since the great failure of the great attempt at a political revolution for liberty made throughout Germany and Austria in 1848, the Germans had been told that they had no genius for politics. Voltaire's words were recalled which bade them rule the clouds and leave dominion over the earth and sea to others. Their own Chancellor, von Bulow, twitted them with their political simplicity, the Germans, he says, are asses at politics. During the war they were told, with every accompaniment of humiliation, that their country was governed as badly as possible, they were advised to be humble, and to be glad if they got the chance of admiring France and copying England. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This 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.