Theodor Mommsen
In 1897 Theodor Mommsen wrote a nationalist letter addressed to Germans in Austria ("An die Deutschen in Österreich") and it was published in Vienna's "Neue Freie Presse". Mommsen called Czechs "apostles of barbarism" and wrote that "the Czech skull is impervious to reason, but it is susceptible to blows". Antonín Sova wrote an answer in verses, "To Theodor Mommsen".