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"We are therefore all the more anxious to hold fast to that German spirit which revealed itself in the German Reformation, and in German music, and which has shown its enduring and genuine strength in the enormous courage and severity of German philosophy and in the loyalty of the German soldier, which has been tested quite recently. WE ARE THEREFORE ALL THE MORE ANXIOUS TO HOLD FAST TO THAT GERMAN SPIRIT WHICH REVEALED ITSELF IN THE GERMAN REFORMATION AND IN GERMAN MUSIC AND WHICH HAS SHOWN ITS ENDURING AND GENUINE STRENGTH IN THE ENORMOUS COURAGE AND SEVERITY OF GERMAN PHILOSOPHY AND THE LOYALTY OF THE GERMAN SOLDIER WHICH HAS BEEN TESTED QUITE RECENTLY
e same still more doubtful means, but in France he will find them coupled with artistic earnestness, at least with grammatical purity, and often with beauty, while in their every feature he will recognise the echo of a corresponding social culture. In Germany, on the other hand, they will strike him as unoriginal, flabby, filled with dressing-gown thoughts and expressions, unpleasantly spread out, and therewithal possessing no background of social form. At the most, owing to their scholarly mannerisms and display of knowledge, he will be reminded of the fact that in Latin countries it is the artistically-trained man, and that in Germany it is the abortive scholar, who becomes a journalist. With this would-be German and thoroughly unoriginal culture, the German can nowhere reckon upon victory: the Frenchman and the Italian will always get the better of him in this respect, while, in regard to the clever imitation of a foreign culture, the Russian, above all, will always be his superior. UL TENDENCIES AND AIMS AS ALSO THE SAME STILL MORE DOUBTFUL MEANS BUT IN FRANCE HE WILL FIND THEM COUPLED WITH ARTISTIC EARNESTNESS AT LEAST WITH GRAMMATICAL PURITY AND OFTEN WITH BEAUTY WHILE IN THEIR EVERY FEATURE HE WILL RECOGNIZE THE ECHO OF A CORRESPONDING SOCIAL CULTURE IN GERMANY ON THE OTHER HAND THEY WILL STRIKE HIM AS UNORIGINAL FLABBY FILLED WITH DRESSING GOWN THOUGHTS AND EXPRESSIONS UNPLEASANTLY SPREAD OUT AND THEREWITHAL POSSESSING NO BACKGROUND OF SOCIAL FORM AT THE MOST OWING TO THEIR SCHOLARLY MANNERISMS AND DISPLAY OF KNOWLEDGE HE WILL BE REMINDED OF THE FACT THAT IN LATIN COUNTRIES IT IS THE ARTISTICALLY TRAINED MAN AND THAT GERMANY IS THE ABORTIVE SCHOLAR WHO BECOMES A JOURNALIST WITH THIS WOULD BE GERMAN AND THOROUGHLY UNORIGINAL CULTURE THE GERMAN CAN NOWHERE RECKON UPON VICTORY THE FRENCHMAN AND THE ITALIAN WILL ALWAYS GET THE BETTER OF HIM IN THIS RESPECT WHILE IN REGARD TO THE CLEVER IMITATION OF FOREIGN CULTURE THE RUSSIAN ABOVE ALL WILL ALWAYS BE HIS SUPERIOR
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