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France and Germany are most unlike, and yet the peers of each other, while among the nations they are unsurpassed in civilization, each prodigious in resources, splendid in genius, and great in renown.
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Sumner contrasts France and Germany, emphasizing their unique qualities and mutual respect despite differences.
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