Excerpt from The School and the Army in Germany and France: With a Diary of Siege Life at Versailles
The first of the following work is a faithful record of my personal observation of German military life and service during a part of the late Franco-Prussian war. As I believe that organization stands to successful action in the relation of cause to effect, I have devoted the remaining pages to an examination and comparison of the military and educational systems of France and Germany. It will be seen that in each of these countries the connection between the school and the army is intimate, and that the latter rests upon and corresponds in excellence to the former. I have preferred an exposition and discussion of these fundamental subjects to detailed descriptions of battles that I did not see, and which were only results.
In treating of the schools, I have been greatly aided by the reports of the various commissioners sent out by the British Government. It may be said that I am partial to Germany. I answer that I have written what I found to be true. That my convictions were not hastily formed, will appear by the following extract from a private letter:
"Nuremberg, November 9, 1870.
"I can not close this letter without thanking you for the great interest you have taken in our German question since I had the pleasure of meeting you first three years ago. Your views then were so correct, every thing that has happened since you foretold with such accuracy, that I look upon our first meeting with the deepest interest, while my political views have since been guided by your kind advice.
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