German Memories (Classic Reprint)
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Produktbeschreibung
Excerpt from German Memories Die Geschichte des Menschen ist sein Character. - Goethe (Wilhelm Meister). Manifold are the roads that lead to Rome, various are the conditions under which we may become acquainted with a foreign land ; though I am inclined to doubt whether modern facilities for travel have increased the number of those who penetrate beneath the surface of another country, let alone their own. On the other hand, with the growing complexity of the inter-relationship of national interests and ideas, it is becoming more difficult every day to gauge the road we ourselves are travelling without possessing some knowledge of what is taking place - germinating, ripening - outside our own doors. The travelling potentate, greeted by cheering crowds and deputations, welcomed by a generous Press, is delighted with the simulacra of Potemkin villages, whereas the penniless emigrant confronts the grim realities of life. The tourist sees just as much as his limited opportunities may bring within his ken, and, unless endowed with a gift of observation, at all times rare, assimilates, in a whole lifetime, little worth recording. This is more especially the case with those in whom the conservative instincts bred of a powerful civilisation of their own country leave little receptivity for foreign customs and ideas. Thus we find Frenchmen and Englishmen residing for years in other lands without being affected by or taking the slightest interest in their character or institutions. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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