Solution

M. Hamel told the students and villagers that henceforth only German would be taught in the schools of Alsace and Lorraine. Those who called themselves Frenchmen would neither be able to speak nor write it. He praised French as the most beautiful, clearest, and most logical language in the world. He said that for the enslaved people, their language was the key to their prison. Then the people realized precious their language was to them. This shows people’s love for their own culture, traditions and, country. Pride in one’s language reflects pride in the motherland.