German Empire
There were five regiments of Foot Guards in the Royal Prussian Army until 1919.
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“The German intellect wants the French sprightliness, the fine practical understanding of the English, and the American adventure; but it has a certain probity, which never rests in a superficial performance, but asks steadily, To what end? A German public asks for a controlling sincerity.”
—Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–1882)
“An empire is an immense egotism.”
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