"To no class of our population are we more indebted for valuable qualities of head, heart, and hand, than to the German. Say what we will of their lager, their smoke, and their metaphysics, they have brought to us a fresh, vigorous and child-like nature; a boundless facility in the acquisition of knowledge; a subtle and far-reaching intellect, and a fearless love of truth. Though remarkable for patient and laborious thought]], the true German is a joyous child of freedom, fond of manly sports, a lover of music, and a happy man generally."
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Frederick Douglass, Our Composite Nationality (7 December 1869), Boston, Massachusetts
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