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To call the Germans a 'nation of thinkers' is bitter irony; a nation…

Quote byHouston Stewart Chamberlain · 1855–1927

Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: The Foundations of the Nineteenth Century (Die Grundlagen des neunzehnten Jahrhunderts, 1899).

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To call the Germans a 'nation of thinkers' is bitter irony; a nation of soldiers and shopkeepers would certainly be more correct...

— Houston Stewart Chamberlain

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