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Brothers of Germany!… our divisions would only bring about the complete triumph of despotism on both sides of the Rhine.
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Sumner calls for unity among Germans to prevent the rise of despotism in Europe.
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The first is a heavenly sentiment, from God: the other is a device of this world.
They who strive after it, Ixion-like, embrace a cloud.
Rather would I arouse you to renewed and incessant exertion.
But so long as War exists as an Institution this terrible inconsistency must appear.
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