29 AUGUST 1914, Page 17

A QUOTATION FROM RANEE.

[TO TILE EDITOR OF TEE SPECTATOR:1

SIR,—On p. 475 of Miss Sarah Austin's translation of Professor von Ranke's History of the Popes of Home occurs the following passage : "When any principle or power, be it what it may, aims at unlimited supremacy in Europe, some vigorous resist- ance to it, having its origin in the deepest springs of human nature, invariably arises." The Kaiser would do well to reflect on his wise old Professor's sage dictum founded on his deep study and experience. Ads-it omen !—I am, Sir, &c., W. H.