Project Gutenberg 2004-08-01 Public domain in the USA. 61 Sumner, Charles 1811 1874 The Duel Between France and Germany Reading ease score: 57.6 (10th to 12th grade). Somewhat difficult to read. Ralph Zimmerman, David Starner, Charles Franks and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team "The Duel Between France and Germany" by Charles Sumner is a historical account likely written in the late 19th century. This work is a lecture originally delivered in Boston during the Franco-Prussian War, reflecting on the deeper implications of the conflict between these two nations. Sumner explores the concept of war as a continuation of dueling practices on a grander scale, dissecting the actions and motivations of leaders in the context of national honor and politics. At the start of the lecture, the author emphasizes the rapid and unexpected escalation of hostilities between France and Germany, highlighting that the war began from trivial provocations and culminated in national tragedy. Sumner details the public discourse leading up to the war, pointing out the irrationality of waging war over seemingly minor diplomatic issues. He condemns the brutality of war, critiques the motivations of leaders like Louis Napoleon, and underscores the need for a shift from war to arbitration among nations. This opening portion sets the stage for a broader discussion on how civilization must evolve to avoid such destructive conflicts. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en Franco-Prussian War, 1870-1871 DC Text Germany Browsing: History - European Browsing: History - General Browsing: History - Warfare 168261 168136 2024-10-03T08:38:49.807859 2023-10-03T07:58:53.218890 text/html text/html 168254 168129 2024-10-03T08:38:50.039906 2023-10-03T07:58:53.362895 text/html text/html 147615 2024-10-03T08:38:56.378810 application/epub+zip 147790 2024-10-03T08:38:53.284826 application/epub+zip 124855 2024-10-03T08:38:52.048824 application/epub+zip 298208 2024-10-03T08:38:58.950803 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 275722 2024-10-03T08:38:55.660827 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 247918 2022-09-03T11:09:38.259707 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 154891 154817 2024-10-03T08:38:49.537849 2023-10-03T07:58:53.044887 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 149852 2020-12-29T14:42:03 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 60711 2020-12-29T14:42:03 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 19112 2024-10-03T08:38:59.073782 application/rdf+xml 14509 2024-10-03T08:38:52.627823 image/jpeg 3411 2024-10-03T08:38:52.325823 image/jpeg 147017 2024-10-03T08:38:50.055834 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia