when the allies' peace terms became known, constantin fehrenbach denounced them and claimed "the will to break the chains of slavery would be implanted" into a generation of germans. stresemann said of this speech: "he was inspired in that hour by god to say what was felt by the german people. his words, spoken under fichte's portrait, the final words of which merged into “"deutschland, deutschland über alles"”, made it an unforgettably solemn hour. there was in that sense a kind of uplifting grandeur. the impression left on all was tremendous".