Excerpt from Culture and War
Recently an American girl obtained entrance to one of the best circles of a Ger man city, and thought it her duty to help others of her race to gain admittance to this group. To her surprise these endeavors were resented. The general feeling was best expressed by a young Englishman, who said that although Germans in England would make fools of themselves to gain a knowledge of English, he would never make a fool of himself to understand Ger man. Controlled by this sentiment, he would not put himself in a position where he seemed inferior to a foreign race, and preferred to go home without attaining the real object of his quest. This may be a lofty patriotism, but think of the cost in misunderstanding, opposition and war. A half of the best blood of the English may.
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