53. The depth of the German spirit displays itself also in _respect for morality and discipline_.... How often, in these days, has the German soldier been subjected to the temptation to treat the inhabitants of foreign countries with violence and brutality. But everywhere he has obeyed the law, and shown that even in war he knows how to distinguish between the enemy to be crushed and defenceless women and children. The officials and clergy of conquered territory have frequently borne express testimony to this fact.--PASTOR M. HENNIG, D.K.U.W., p. 57. 54. The losses we suffer are--even if the losses of the enemy were ten times more numerous--infinitely greater in value and infinitely more painful.--PROF. A. LASSON, D.R.S.Z., No. 4, p. 8. 54a. One single highly cultured German warrior, of those who are, alas! falling in thousands, represents a higher intellectual and moral life-value than hundreds of the raw children of nature (_Naturmenschen_) whom England and France, Russia and Italy, oppose to them.--PROF. E. HAECKEL, E.W., p. 36. 54b. When one of our ships has to sink, its going-down is even more glorious than a victory.--PROF. U. v. WILAMOWITZ-MOeLLENDORF, R., pt. iii., p. 48. 55. Where German soldiers had to seize the incendiary torch, or even to proceed to the slaughter of citizens, it was only in pursuance of the rights of war, and for protection in real need. Had they obeyed the dictates of their hearts, they would rather have shared their soup and bread with the defenceless foe.... This spirit of humanity we will preserve and cherish to the end.--PROF. W. KAHL, D.R.S.Z., No. 6, p. 5. 56. Lastly, we must not forget the German humour.... It sometimes proceeds from a firm faith in God, sometimes from a cheerful optimism, always from a serenity of spirit which nothing can disturb. Thus German soldiers out in the field, the moment there is a pause in the fighting, set about trying to ride on the camel which they have taken from the Zouaves.... So, too, a non-commissioned officer, during a fight, admonishes a soldier: "Shoot quietly, Kowalski, shoot quietly! You'll frighten away the whole French Army of the North with your confounded banging!"--PASTOR M. HENNIG, D.K.U.W., p. 59. 57. Apart from the fighting quality of these troops, their peaceful work behind all the fronts bears witness to a thorough spiritual culture (_Bildung_) and a living organization such as the world has never seen, and this again indicates an average level of culture in all grades--of spiritual development and moral responsibility--to which no people in the world can show anything in the smallest degree comparable.--H.S. CHAMBERLAIN, D.Z., p. 19.