Worse was to follow : The Pan-German movement could only hope for success if it realized from the very first moment that it was not a question of forming a new Party, but rather a new view of life in general. This alone could call up the inner forces to fight that immense struggle to a finish. For that purpose none but the very best and boldest brains are any good.
If the fight for a world system is not conducted by heroes, ready to sacrifice all, in a short time it will be impossible to find fighters prepared to die. A man who fights only for himself cannot have much left over for the general cause.
The hard struggle which the Pan-German move¬ ment had with the Catholic Church is only explicable as being due to the lack of understanding there was of the psychological character of the people.
The appointment of Czech incumbents to parishes was one of the many methods used to transform Austria generally into a Slav country. It was done somewhat as follows : Czech clergy were introduced into purely German parishes, and these soon began to superim¬ pose