The fact that he made this expression shows that,
in spite of and beyond military Germany, the intellectual elite, the
cream of the elite in Germany, has remained faithful to the traditions
of the great philosopher, Kant.
"The intellectual elite--the cream of the elite--therefore may be
absolved from all responsibility. Loyalty to the teachings of Kant will
make it possible for the friends of humanity in all nations to join with
Germany for human advancement on the basis of universal justice.
"After the victory of the Allies a new Germany will appear; it will be a
liberal Germany, willing to renounce the narrow Prussian ideals, finding
again the old German ideal in its disinterested form, a Germany which
will be able to join hands with other nations, to help them in taking up
again the works of international civilization, which Prussian Germany
herself brutally brought to an end, with insolent scorn of right--an act
for which she is now paying and must pay the penalty."
Germany the Aggressor
By Albert Sauveur.
Professor of Metallurgy at Harvard University.
_To the Editor of The New York Times:_
German professors and editors and other German sympathizers in the
present struggle of nations have attempted the difficult task of
convincing the American public, first, that Germany was not the
aggressor, and, second, that she is conducting a war of civilization
directed primarily against Russia, that Europe may not fall under
Muscovite domination.
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