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France has been a nation, while Germany has been divided, and therefore weak.
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gutenberg.orgCharles Sumner: “France has been a nation, while Germany has been divided, and therefore weak.”
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Sumner reflects on the historical stability of France compared to the fragmentation of Germany.
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