Ferdinand I and Maxmillian II of Austria (English and German Edition) by Leopold Von Ranke
English, German | June 1, 1953 | ISBN: 0404092659 | 153 Pages | PDF | 4 MB
IT is not enough for a nation to speak the same languageand have the same customs. It will naturally endeavour toset forth in comprehensive and uniform institutions theunanimity implanted in it by God, were it only in orderto obtain a fuller conviction of that very unanimity.

IT is not enough for a nation to speak the same languageand have the same customs. It will naturally endeavour toset forth in comprehensive and uniform institutions theunanimity implanted in it by God, were it only in orderto obtain a fuller conviction of that very unanimity.
We all know what was the nature of German unity atthe time when the Empire in the fulness of its might andgreatness was the foremost power in Europe. We areequally well aware, and on that point all Germans areagreed, that Germany greatly lacks a national unity, calculated to exclude foreign influences, and to preserve itsown independence.