Kelly Miller Quotes

In The Early Days Of His Reign, Bismarck Confided To A Friend That It Would Some Day Be Necessary For Germany To Confine William Ii In An Insane Asylum.

For A Century After The Reign Of Frederick, Prussia Remained The Most Prominent Germanic State In Europe.

With Germany Herself Falling, It Is Not Strange That The Nations Leagued With Her Also Went Down To Defeat.

The Success Of The Allies In The West Was In A Measure Offset By Teutonic Victories In The East. When The Invasion Of Belgium Began, Russia Made Immediate Efforts To Counteract By Invasion Of East Prussia.

Germany Expected That At The Most A Day Or So Would See Belgian Resistance Broken And The Dash On Paris Begun. It Was Not Safe To Start Such A Forward Rush With Belgium Unconquered.

In 1917 - As We Have Seen, - Italy Suffered A Great Reverse, Losing 200,000 Soldiers And Immense Supplies.

Moreover, Broad Plans Commensurate With Our National Purpose And Resources Would Bring Conviction Of Our Power To Every Soldier In The Front Line, To The Nations Associated With Us In The War, And To The Enemy.

The Collapse Of Russia Was The Second Great Event Of 1917.

The Eventual Place The American Army Should Take On The Western Front Was To A Large Extent Influenced By The Vital Question Of Communication And Supply.

To Meet The Shortage Of Supplies From America, Due To Lack Of Shipping, The Representatives Of The Different Supply Departments Were Constantly In Search Of Available Material And Supplies In Europe.

Having Achieved Such Signal Successes In The East, Russia And Roumania Being Both Disposed Of, The German Leaders Planned A Campaign Designed To Crush Italy.

... Conscienceless Efficiency Is No Match For Efficiency Quickened By Conscience.