Unfortunately, the crushing victory of the Germans brought about abnormal conditions in Europe; it stopped for a quarter of a century the normal development of France, and threw all Europe into a period of militarism, which we are still living in at the present moment.
He critiques the long-lasting impact of militarism on European development following the German victory in the Franco-Prussian War.
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