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About ten centuries and a half after the demolition of the Irmin- sul, and nearly eighteen after the death of Arminius, the modern Germans conceived the idea of rendering tardy homage to their great hero; and, accordingly some eight or ten years ago, a general subscription was organized in Germany, for the purpose of erecting on the Osning a conical mountain, which forms the highest summit of the Teutoberger Wald, and is eighteen hundred feet above the level of the sea a colossal bronze statue of Arminius.
The German will be like a Hun just as he was in the treacherous days of Ariovistus and Arminius the Teutoberger forest and all that over again. He will red-handedly rebuff civilizing influences just as he did in those days." "How do you define Hun?" asked Gard. "The Germans are not Huns by race." "No. I said like Huns.
There was no insect in sight of such a size as to account for the deep-toned hum, which was growing louder moment by moment. "This is strange," he said. "I never heard such a noise before." "I have heard it," said his friend. "I have heard it very close. The last time was when Count Zeppelin's airship came down in the Teutoberger Wald. I was there."
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