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Unlike Adenauer, who spoke for a Germany on probation, Strauss speaks for a Germany that feels its credentials are established, that demands: If the Allies need and ask for Germany's new strength for their defense, then they must give their full confidence. More than any man, Strauss embodies both the strength Germany can contribute to the free world—and the uneasiness that strength still stirs by its very impressiveness.