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Page 181 - One of my great ideas has been the agglomeration and concentration . of the same nations, geographically considered, who have been scattered piecemeal by revolutions and policy. This agglomeration will take place sooner or later by the force of circumstances. The impulse is given ; and I do not think, that, after my'fall and the disappearance of my system, there will be any other great equilibrium possible than the agglomeration and confederation of great nations.
Page 185 - God that posterity, looking back upon our common labours, will not say that the experience of former unsuccessful attempts has been useless to the German people ; but that, on the other hand, our children will thankfully regard this Parliament as the commencement of the unity, freedom and power of the Germans. " Gentlemen, all Germany, even beyond the limits of our Confederation, anxiously awaits the decisions that may be arrived at here. May the dream of centuries, the yearning and striving of the...