Pre World War I Quotes

“If America can go on breeding men like that, she will be a power in the world indeed.”
― Bram Stoker

“Zweig, who had made frequent journeys around Italy before World War l, was delighted to discover that "the Germans, formerly the largest contingent of travelers, are reduced to a modest number, among whom only the 'Thomas Mann German, the quiet, cultivated one' is to be found.”
― Sabine Arque, The Grand Tour: The Golden Age of Travel