The Prussification of Germany in matters military and in matters bureaucratic has gone on apace since 1870.

Prussia, it is not too much to say, has hitherto consisted in a nation of slaves and tyrants and nothing else.

It is the Prussian governing class which has everywhere and in all departments "set the pace" since the empire was established.

No man known to hold opinions divergent from those agreeable to the interests of the Prussian governing class can hope for employment, be it the most humble, in any department of the public service.

This is particularly noticeable in its effects in the matter of education.