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There is far more genuine Christian spirit in the fraternal laity of the French Republic, defender of the weak, than in the religiosity of the conservative Junkers.

Germany has made a god in her own image, believing that she adores it, but in reality adoring her own image.

The German God is a reflex of the German State which considers war as the first activity of a nation and the noblest of occupations.

Other Christian peoples, when they have to go to war, feel the contradiction that exists between their conduct and the teachings of the Gospel, and excuse themselves by showing the cruel necessity which impels them.