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German genius and Kultur far outdistancing
these well-meaning efforts of bygone times.
“Wait till you see our new cathedral in
Berlin,” Adalbert went on enthusiastically.
“I shall never forget the majestic impression
it made upon me when I saw it the day of
its consecration. It was consecrated by
the All-Highest, who made a stupendous
speech . . .”
“What!” exclaimed the Doctor.
“I say it was consecrated by the
All-Highest, and never has his Imperial voice
sounded more omnipotent and sublime than
that day.”
“Well I never . . .” said the Doctor.
“I must say I like to talk to you, Martin,”
said Adalbert. “I was reading the other
day in Bernhardi . . .”
“You read a lot?”
“I am always reading.”
“Doesn’t too much reading interfere
somehow with your thinking?”
“Thinking!” exclaimed Adalbert. “A
German officer has to act and not to think;
our thinking is done by our General Staff,
which has been called so aptly the brain of
the army.”
“And what about your feeling?”
“We don’t feel anything. Clausewitz says
that it deteriorates the discipline of an army,
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