Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 153, September 5, 1917 by Various
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delusion officer.
* * * * * HEART-TO-HEART TALKS. (_Herr MICHAELIS: Marshal VON HINDENBURG_.) _Herr M._ Good morning, my dear Marshal. I am glad we have been able to arrange a meeting, for there are certain points I wish to settle with you. _Von H._ I am, as always, at your Excellency's service; only I beg that the interview may not be prolonged beyond what is strictly needful. Time presses, and much remains to be done everywhere. _Herr M._ But I have the commands of the ALL-HIGHEST to speak with you on some weighty matters. He himself, as you know, has several speeches to make to-day. _Von H._ Oh, those speeches! How well I know them. I could almost make them myself if I wanted to make speeches, which, God be thanked, I do not need to do. _Herr M._ No, indeed. Your reputation rests on foundations firmer than speeches. _Von H._ You yourself, Excellency, have lately discovered how fallacious a thing is a speech, even where the speaker honestly tries |
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