"The elemental cry of the German-Austrian people for union with the German mother county, that arose in the days when the Hapsburg state was collapsing, was the result of a longing that slumbered in the heart of the entire people—a longing to return to the never-forgotten ancestral home. But this would be inexplicable if the historical education of the individual German-Austrian had not given rise to so general a longing. In it lies a well which never grows dry; which, especially in times of forgetfulness, transcends all momentary prosperity and by constant reminders of the past whispers softly of a new future," (Volume 1, Chapter 1 pp. 13-14).

"If Social Democracy is opposed by a doctrine of greater truth, but equal brutality of methods, the latter will conquer, through this may require the bitterest struggle," (Volume 1, Chapter 2, p. 43).

"The devastation caused by this institution of modern parliamentary rule...