GERMANY 



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It is perhaps not too much to say that Germany is the most thoroughly organised and 

 completely drilled nation in Europe. It would obviously be outside the scope of the 

 present work to inquire into the advantages or defects of German methods from the stand- 

 points of statecraft and of commerce. Yet their influence in moulding the character of the 

 German citizen is of the utmost importance, as has already been pointed out by more than 

 one thoughtful English observer. In travelling about Germany, the writer has been pleased to 

 note the absence of that rowdy behaviour so frequently seen in the streets of London. 



Education, both in the public or national schools and in the universities, is systematic 

 and thorough. It differs from our English system in two respects. In the first place, it is 

 open to men in every rank of life, and the average German has acquired a far greater amount 

 of scholastic knowledge than the average Englishman on leaving school. In the second place, 

 it is directed almost exclusively to training the intellect, and has little or no effect on the 





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THREE SWISS GIRLS. 



[London. 



