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For a long time Germany has paid a high price for her military supremacy and her somewhat rigid system of government, by the constant drain that emigration to this country has made upon her population. During the last sixty years, no less than three million Germans have reached these shores, most of whom have made themselves homes where it was possible to enjoy immunity from some Of the discomforts which. They felt in their own land. Among these immigrants, who have formed a very valuable part of the population of the United States, have been many political exiles, who have been the special Object of the despotic measures that have occasionally threatened to stifle the national life of Germany during the present cen tury and it is impossible to overlook the almost infallible accuracy with which the German police put their hand on those young men who, under different circumstances, have shown themselves able to shed glory on the land of their adoption, as well as on that Of their birth.

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Excerpt from The Life and Letters of Francis Lieber

This volume contains extracts from the Diary and the copious correspondence of the late Dr. Francis Lieber, with such additional information as was necessary concerning his early years. Fortunately the greater part of his life was told by his own pen, and'the incidents of his later years were so few in number that they may be gathered from his letters. These were many in number, and the reader will see how varied were the subjects which attracted Lieber's attention. His zeal for the great questions of civic duty is familiar to those who have studied his books. Dr. D. C. Gilman, the accomplished president of Johns Hopkins University, has collected in two volumes the most important of Lieber's miscellaneous writings. This book, it is hoped, will complete the picture of the man.

Doctor Lieber's widow had faithfully preserved every memorial of her distinguished husband, and the task of the editor has been almost entirely one of selection from a vast mass of material.

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Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com

This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.