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Page 168
... German wife I naturally see a good deal of the reverse of the medal . You don't have to tell me that the Germans have faults , but frankly I'm not prepared to admit that they're devils incarnate . At the beginning of the war my poor ...
... German wife I naturally see a good deal of the reverse of the medal . You don't have to tell me that the Germans have faults , but frankly I'm not prepared to admit that they're devils incarnate . At the beginning of the war my poor ...
Page 175
... German literature . She corrected his mistakes with exactness and when he put before her some difficulty in German construction explained it with clearness and precision . It was obvious that though she hated giving him a lesson she ...
... German literature . She corrected his mistakes with exactness and when he put before her some difficulty in German construction explained it with clearness and precision . It was obvious that though she hated giving him a lesson she ...
Page 176
... their diffusion . Her ideal was a German world in which the rest of the nations under a hegemony greater than that of Rome should enjoy the benefits of German science and German art and German culture . There was 176 ASHENDEN.
... their diffusion . Her ideal was a German world in which the rest of the nations under a hegemony greater than that of Rome should enjoy the benefits of German science and German art and German culture . There was 176 ASHENDEN.
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