如今，欧洲面临着自身未来的艰难问题，一个例子便是英国即将到来的欧盟成员资格全民公决。 在这样的情况下，也许十九世纪末的德国经验大有裨益。
Today, as Europe faces difficult questions about its future, exemplified in the UK’s upcoming referendum on its European Union membership, perhaps Germany’s experience in the late nineteenth century can be brought usefully to bear.