English Translation

S1a - 9 - • Terrialism to live, and as soon as the Czechoslovak man had satisfied his economic pain, the good qualities of the race awoke in him and he began to yearn for 'spirit and thoughts. This was the case in the support associations of the Czech free-thinking element, since the pious people who were organized in the churches had their churches. This powerful and nevertheless in all the little fruitful movement led to Klácal, Zdrubek and Šnajdr. During the sixty years of struggle between the two countries, an abyss of passionate conflict was opened up between people of the same flower and language. Between the Slovaks the relationship was not so tense, although here too the relationship between the Catholics on the one hand and the Evangelists and Socialists on the other was not exactly friendly. Each party therefore organized itself for itself. Catholics and evangelists led a closed life for themselves, sacrificing themselves for their churches and schools, for the charitable institutions, but again did not have so much understanding of national affairs, enough interest for the home and their pains as the free-thinkers. The free-thinking compatriots did not learn to sacrifice something, yes, not even their supplementary schools corresponded in most cases to the ideas of a decent Czech school, the socialist movement did not enter any deep roots anywhere, yet emigration was mostly from socially suppressed strata. However, she had a considerable moral influence on Czech and Slovak life because of his critical position and mental attitude. It concentrated on the largest colonies of American cities (New York, Cleveland and Chicago), it had its good press and one lived more the traditions of the past than the needs and practical struggles of the wait. It was then naturally dependent on the American maternal party. The relationship with the homeland was expressed in many, many seas by sentimental, bitter memories of the past liberated, but in some Czechs and Slovaks it was also expressed by the stereotype and shameful question: "What. -2 -