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Excerpt from The Rhine: From Its Source to the Sea Foremost among rivers is the Rhine, which, even two thousand years ago, was a watchword among nations. Its banks were im pressed with the footprints of Caesar's legions and Attila's cavalry, and centuries later, accompanied by a rejoicing people, King Conrad des cended the Rhine to Mainz for his coronation. Legend also has grown even as luxuriantly as History on the banks of the Rhine. As the ivy clings to the old castle walls, so do traditions fasten them selves to actual events. On the Rhine stood the castle of the N iebelungen, and on the Rhine the Lorelei sang. What country can compare in richness to that through which the Rhine flows, from the snow-clad Alps down to the very sea in which it is lost? Here lay the cities of the old empire and the great seats of eccle siastical pomp, which lavished as recklessly as they grasped all that came within their power. Who does not feel the wealth that lies in. The words The Rhine, the wealth of Nature and of Art, of History and of Legend, of old and new life? About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.