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In his mid-40s, Lagarde began to write cultural criticism and gave occasional speeches. He eventually collected his essays in ''Deutsche Schriften'' (German Literature, 1878–1881).<ref name=Stern/>{{rp|27}} The book was widely read by figures like [[Thomas Mann]] and [[Theodor Heuss]]. He viewed himself as out of step with the times and argued for a German national religion whose most striking manifestations were an aggressive anti-Semitism and expansionism.<ref>"[http://www.perlentaucher.de/buch/ulrich-sieg/deutschlands-prophet.html Ulrich Sieg: Deutschlands Prophet. Paul de Lagarde und die Ursprünge des modernen Antisemitismus]", Perlentaucher.de.</ref>
 
He postulated a national religion in his first political treatise ''Über das Verhältnis des deutschen Staates zu Theologie, Kirche und Religion. Ein Versuch Nicht-Theologen zu orientieren'' (On the Relationship of the German State to Theology, Church and Religion: An Attempted Orientation for Non-Theologians). He felt the state's most important task was to create a climate in which this national religion could flourish. Meanwhile, he obliged those who had faith in God to a radical morality wherein they distinguish solely between "duty or sin" in their every action. In addition, first a formal language must be developed for the religiosity of these newborn men.<ref name=Lagarde/>{{rp|74–5}}
 
He concludes his 1875 book, ''Über die gegenwärtige Lage des deutschen Reichs. Ein Bericht'' (On the Current Situation of the German Reich: A Report):<ref name=Lagarde>Lagarde, Paul de. ''[https://www.google.com/books/edition/Deutsche_Schriften/Gl6ExfOBdL4C?hl=en&gbpv=1&dq=vaterland&pg=PA167 Deutsche Schriften]''. Göttingen: [[:de:Dieterich’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung|Dieterich’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung]], 1892.</ref>{{rp|167}}
 
{{blockquote|Germany is the totality of all German-feeling, German-thinking, German-willing Germans: In this sense, every one of us is a traitor if he does not consider himself personally acountable in every moment of his life for the existence, fortune and future of the fatherland, and each is a hero and liberator if he does.}}
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