Author: William August Haussmann

Publisher: Forgotten Books

Published: 2018-01-03

Total Pages: 64

ISBN-13: 9780428253042

Excerpt from German-American Hymnology, 1683-1800: A Dissertation Submitted to the Philosophical Faculty of Johns Hopkins University for the Degree of Doctor of Philosophy That the German element in Pennsylvania history has not been brought out in its due proportion is too apparent to need any proof. Of this, perhaps, we ought not to complain. Whether it is a fault arising from tardiness, or a virtue springing from a retired modesty, or something of both, it is nevertheless true, that the Germans are devotedly willing to bear the timber and build the scaffolding, so that others may erect their temples of honor, and then as patiently submit to being cast aside because needed no more. But whether they are to have credit for the good, or blame for the evil, which from them has been infused into our Pennsylvania nationality, the fact that German life is the moulding power in the life of our State will be seen in its spirit for ages to come. The phrase 'german Pennsyl vania' is traditionally abroad, and will last as long as the phrase Yankee New England. This proverb, like the fabled wandering Jew, will travel the earth as a testimony, whatever historians may write in books. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.