"There is an old prophecy in Germany that the empire will come to 

 shipwreck under a ruler with a withered arm. Not," he added as an 

 after thought, "that 1 have any fears for the future of Germany." I 

 need hardly add that I do not regard this prophecy and its fulfilment 

 as anything more than an interesting coincidence. It was well that 

 Mildner did not live to see the World War, for it would have broken 

 his heart. 



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