The German national character is a favorite subject of character experts, probably because the less mature a nation, the more she is an object of criticism and not of history. (Friedrich Schlegel)

The German national character is a favorite subject of character experts, probably because the less mature a nation, the more she is an object of criticism and not of history.

Friedrich Schlegel

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