Book excerpt: Excerpt from Bismarck and the Origin of the German Empire Development and the municipal reforms of Stein in 1808, the economic and political Liberals Were unable to create a democratic Germany. The point of view which I have preferred is, I think, more important than any of these, partly because it enables us to keepthe balance between the rival tendencies in Germany, partly because it enables us most readily to adjust ourselves to the bewildering mass of information Which is now so acces sible to us. But it is only one point of view, and if it has caused me to emphasise some things which are not discussed in most books, it has also caused me to omit. About the Publisher 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.