“The modern era of our spiritual and moral existence has again brought to the fore questions of religious life, and we Germans can rightfully praise it for this, even if in other respects we considered much in it to deserve only condemnation and not would find special pleasure in living in this era. Whatever point of view we take, if we wish to make a completely fair decision, we must undoubtedly admit that among our contemporaries only very few belong to the category of detractors...”