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I repeat the words of the Kaiser: ‘We enter the struggle with a clear conscience!’ We are fighting for the fruits of our labours in peace, for the heritage of a great past, and for our future. The fifty years are not yet ended within which Moltke said we should stand at arms to defend the heritage and the achievements of 1870. The hour of great trial has struck for our nation. But we look forward to it with absolute confidence. Our army is in the field, our fleet is ready, and behind them the entire German nation —the whole German nation! (en) |
