Do you know. that this.afternoon while we are discussing the question of literacy. the. greatest nation the world ever saw. so far as efficiencyis concerned. has for years been following an educational policy. Ilid. out. under the supervision of a man who said that " illiteracy is a crime?" Do you know there is practically no soldier of the German Army that: is not literate? Whenever you are making a plea .for illiteracy you are makingi a plea to weaken the strong part of your national life. [Ap-. plause.] And whatever you may say as to one side or the. other of the contest in Europe as a fighting force. you must. admnit that that nation which has kept itself- at school. the .nation that has stopped: emigration from its borders. the nation that has. made itself grow as no other has in Europe. has been developed in mind first before it has been developed in any other way.
Identified stereotypes
Germans are presented as highly literate and efficient due to their educational policies.