Documentary Account of the German Union

the masses hardly suspect how those further off on their own stage are making plans to bring this individual under their yoke. The consciousness of one's own virtue Tugend: moral excellence and integrity is surely always a beautiful consolation, even for the most solitary man. But even with all this beautiful consolation, the noblest virtue never escapes the superior power of malice original: "Arglust," implying a deceitful or mischievous intent.

The innocence of a dove A biblical allusion to Matthew 10:16 gives off too humble a physiognomy, especially in this age of the most industrious cunning. One must arm oneself with some measure of courage. One must believe that great feelings do not reside within a human being simply so that he may stifle them as a sacrifice to the strong. Strength must act against strength, and power against power. The wisdom of a serpent original: "Schlangenklugheit" must guide the steps of the man who lives in a world where openness of heart is gradually becoming nothing more than a good-natured traitor and a deceived spy.

Whoever observes the contemporary history of Germany sees clearly that the features of this portrait are very frequently present there in the original. Things have come so far,