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natshefte_ (South German Review) for January and May, 1915. "England's Tyranny and former Supremacy of the Seas," by Admiral Kirchoff. "England's Blood-Guilt against the White Peoples," by Woldemar Schuetze. "The Greatest Criminal against Humanity; King Edward VII. of England. A Curse-pamphlet," by Lieut.-Col. R. Wagner. "England, tremble!" by J. Bermbach. "England as Sea-Pirate State," by Dr. Ernst Schultze. "In the Pillory! Our Enemies' Campaign of Lies," by Reinhold Anton. "London's Lie Factory: Renter's Office," by A. Brand. "England's Wicked Deeds in the World's History," by A. Kuhn. "Our Settlement with England," by Professor Hermann Oncken. "England's Betrayal of Germany," by M. Wildgrube. "England's Guilt," by Gaston von Mallmann. "English Character," by Professor Arnold Schroeer. "England and We," by Dr. J. Riessner, President of the Hanseatic League. "How England prevented an Understanding with Germany," by Professor Th. Schiemann. "God Punish England," published by _Simplicissimus_. "Perfidious Albion," by Alfred Geiser. "Our Enemies among Themselves," Caricatures from 1792-1900 collected by Dr. Paul Weiglin. "Words in Season," Poems, including the "Hymn of Hate," by Ernst Lissauer. About sixty-five other titles might be added to those given above, but the author has restricted the list to books in his possession. Some of them are scurrilous and obscene, deserving no further attention than a record of their existence. Yet the fundamental idea running through these works is identical, differing only in the mode of expression. Hate in itself is a confession of weakness, to a certain extent an admission of defeat. The presence of hate in a nation or an individual may be explained as resulting from the desire to remove or destroy an obstacle, which has proved to be immovable and indestructible. A healthy, well-balanced mind admits defeat and endeavours to make a compromise--to adjust itself to the inevitable. But assuming other conditions--a false sense of honour, a morbid conception of self-importance--then hate seems to be a natural, although unhealthy result. Unfortunately there is evidence that these factors influence modern Germany. One of the roots of tragedy is to be found in the inequality between the will and power to perform. In its helplessness the will recoils upon itself, turning to gall and bitterness, or seeks a solution in self-destruction. It is n
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