Thesis: Arndt calls for German unity and the people support his idea so strongly they are calling for war.
- Prussians want war to save the fatherland and free Germany
- Felt that they could get no honorable peace from Napoleon so they wanted war and death
- People of all classes called for war
- Noblemen and landed proprietors, citizens, peasants, widows, and young girls
- People of all classes took up arms
- Youths, honorably discharged officers, officials and rich landed proprietors, fathers, and managers
- Arndt calls for unity of Germany in the spirit of the Volksgeist or national character
He appeals to the Germans to sense the dignity of their fathers and reclaim their national pride. He calls for one German emperor and denounces the many princes who have kept Germany divided for so long. He has the people forget their individual lineage and become once-and-for-all German.
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