Stretching from the Baltic to the Adriatic and the Alps, penetrated by great rivers, possessing an harmonious expanse of territory, speaking one language, filled with the same intellectual life, and enjoying a common name, which has been historic from the days of Tacitus, Germany, like France, seems formed for unity.
Sumner describes Germany's geographical and cultural characteristics that make it suitable for unity.
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The subterfuges of the politician cannot escape it.
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