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 in the near future, I hope, we shall meet again. It matters not what the past of the Bohemian nation was, great or small; its task is over; it is dead; and no human power can awaken the dead. I have neither the time nor the desire to think about things that are past; I am to turn my mind elsewhere, to that people who give promise of living strength and a great future. The historical greatness among the nations of the world is destined to belong to the Germans; the Germans have certainly been chosen by Providence to govern the world; in them are centered all the principles that justify me in this belief and make them capable of attaining this great position. I have decided that it is my duty to develop and strengthen their best traits and then teach them to know themselves. From these germs I shall raise blossoms, and from the blossoms intellectual fruit which the whole world shall enjoy. Within ten years the Germans must be well advanced on their aggressive way, which will lead them to the subjugation of the remaining nations of my empire. These can-