Yet, as Germans discovered, grand speeches, flags, and enthusiastic crowds, a constitution, a political reorganization, and the provision of an imperial superstructure; and the revised Customs Union of 1867–68, still did not make a nation.
然而德国人发现，宏大的演说、旗帜和热情的民众；宪法、政治重组和帝国上层建筑；以及1867-68年修订的关税同盟，仍然无法完全实现一个“国家”。