The Teutsch Ritters, ob
Teutonic
Order .
Thomas Carlyle
History of Friedrich II.
of Prussia, called Frederick the Great.
By
Thomas Carlyle.
Carlyle, Thomas, 1795-1881. Leipzig, B. Tauchnitz, 1858-1865.
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? COLLECTION
OP
BRITISH AUTHORS.
VOL. CCCCXLIV.
FREDERICK THE GREAT BY THOMAS CARLYLE.
VOL. L
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? TAUCHNITZ EDITION.
By the same Author,
THE FRENCH REvOLUTION 3 vols.
Oliver Cromwell's letters and speeches . i vols.
THE LIFE OF SCHILLER 1 vol.
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? HISTORY
or
MEDRICHII. OF PRUSSIA,
CALLED
FREDERICK THE GREAT.
THOMAS CARLYLE.
COPYRIGHT EDITION.
VOL. L
LEIPZIG
BERNHARD TAUCHNITZ
1858.
The Right of Translation ft reserved.
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? CONTENTS
OP VOLUME I.
BOOK L
BIRTH AND PARENTAGE. 1712.
CHAPTER PADS
1. Proem: Friedrich's History from the Distance
we are at 3
1. Friedrich then, and Friedrich now, p. 7*
2. Eighteenth Century, 12.
3. English Prepossessions, 15.
4. Encouragements, Discouragements, 22.
II. Friedrich's Birth 29
III. Father and Mother: the Hanoverian Connexion 34
IV. Father's Mother 49
V. King. Friedrich 1 63
BOOK II.
OF BRANDENBURG AND THE HOHENZOLLERNS. 928-1417.
I. Brannibor: Henry the Fowler 79
H. Preussen: Saint Adalbert 90
ill, Markoraves op Brandenburg 98
End of the First Shadowy Line, p. 98.
Second Shadowy Line , 100.
Substantial Markgraves: Glimpse of the Contemporary
Kaisers, 102.
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CONTENTS OF vOLUME I.
CHAPTER
PAGE
IV.
Albert the Bear
106
V. CoNRaD OF HoHENZOLLERN, aND KaISER BaRBa-
BOSSa 114
Conrad has become Burggraf of Nlirnberg (a. d. 1170),
p. 119.
Of the Hohenzollern Burggraves generally, 123.
VI. The Teutsch Ritters, ob Teutonic Order . 128
Head of Teutsch Order moves to venice, p. 131.
Teutsch Order itself goes to Preussen, 133.
The stuff Teutsch Ritters were made of. Conrad of Thtl-
ringen: Saint Elizabeth; Town of Marburg, 140.
VII. Maroraviate of Culmbach: Baireuth , Anspach 146
Burggraf Friedrich HI. , and the Anarchy of Nineteen
Years, p. 149.
Kaiser Rudolf and Burggraf Friedrich III. , 155.
VIII. ASCaNIER MaRKGRavES IN BRANDENBURG . . . 158
Of Berlin City, p. 159.
Markgraf Otto Iv. , or Otto with the Arrow, 161
IX. Burggraf Friedrich IV. . . . . . . 166
Contested Elections in the Reich: Kaiser Albert I. ; after
whom Six Non-Hapsburg kaisers, p. 167.
Of Kaiser Henry vII. and the Luxemburg Kaisers, 170.
Henry's Son Johann is King of Bohemia; and Ludwig the
Bavarian, with a Contested Election, is Kaiser, 174.
X. Brandenburg lapses to the Kaiser . . . . 180
XI. Bavarian Kurfursts in Brandenburg . . . 186
A Resuscitated Ascanier; the False Waldemar, p. 187.
Margaret with the Pouch-mouth, 190.
XII. Brandenburg in Kaiser Karl's time; End of the
Bavarian Kurfursts . . .
The Teutsch Ritters, ob Teutonic Order . 128
Head of Teutsch Order moves to venice, p. 131.
Teutsch Order itself goes to Preussen, 133.
The stuff Teutsch Ritters were made of. Conrad of Thtl-
ringen: Saint Elizabeth; Town of Marburg, 140.
VII. Maroraviate of Culmbach: Baireuth , Anspach 146
Burggraf Friedrich HI. , and the Anarchy of Nineteen
Years, p. 149.
Kaiser Rudolf and Burggraf Friedrich III. , 155.
VIII. ASCaNIER MaRKGRavES IN BRANDENBURG . . . 158
Of Berlin City, p. 159.
Markgraf Otto Iv. , or Otto with the Arrow, 161
IX. Burggraf Friedrich IV. . . . . . . 166
Contested Elections in the Reich: Kaiser Albert I. ; after
whom Six Non-Hapsburg kaisers, p. 167.
Of Kaiser Henry vII. and the Luxemburg Kaisers, 170.
Henry's Son Johann is King of Bohemia; and Ludwig the
Bavarian, with a Contested Election, is Kaiser, 174.
X. Brandenburg lapses to the Kaiser . . . . 180
XI. Bavarian Kurfursts in Brandenburg . . . 186
A Resuscitated Ascanier; the False Waldemar, p. 187.
Margaret with the Pouch-mouth, 190.
XII. Brandenburg in Kaiser Karl's time; End of the
Bavarian Kurfursts . . . . . . . 196
XIII. Luxemburg Kurfursts in Bbanpenbubg , , , 203
End of Resuscitated Waldemar-, Kurfiirst Ludwig sells out,
p. 199.
Second, and then Third and Last, of the Bavarian Kur-
fursts in Brandenburg, 201.
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CHAPTER PA OS
XIV. BuegqbAf Friedrich VI 207
Sigismund is Kurfttrst of Brandenburg, but Is King of
Hungary also, p. 209.
Cousin Jobst has Brandenburg in Pawn, 212.
Brandenburg in the hands of the Pawnbrokers; Rupert of
the Pfalz is Kaiser, 214.
Sigismund, with a struggle, becomes Kaiser, 217.
Brandenburg is pawned for the last time, 221.
The Seven Intercalary or Non-Hapaburg Kaisers, 225.
book in.
THE HOHENZOLLERNS IN BRANDENBURG. 1412-1713.
I. KdepObst Friedrich 1 229
II. Matinees du Roi be Prusse 236
III. KurfObst Friedrich II 244
IV. KubfCrst Albert Achilles , And his Successor 254
Johann the Cicero la Fourth Kurfiirst, and leaves Two no-
table Sons, p. 260.
V. Op the BAireuth- AnsPAch BrAnch . . . . 264
Two Lines In Culmbach or Baireuth-Anspach: the Gera
Bond of 1598, p. >>t>>.
The Elder Line of Culmbach; Frledrich and his Three
notable Sons there, 269.
Friedrich's Second Son , Margraf George of Anspach, 272.
VI. HOCHMEISTER ALBERT, ThIED NOTABLE SoN OF
Friedrich 287
VH. Albert AlcibiAdes 300
VILT. HistoricAl MeAning of the ReformAtion . . 308
IX. Kurfurst JoAchim 1 314
Of Joachim's Wife and Brother-in-law, p. 315.
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CONTENTS OF VOLUME I,
CHAPTER FAOE
X. KurfOrst JoAchim II 321
Joachim gets Co-lnfeftment in Prenssen, p. 329.
Joachim makes "Heritage-Brotherhood" with the Duke of
Liegnitz, 830.
XI. Seventh KurfCest , JohAnn George. . . . 338
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? BOOK I.
BIETH AND PARENTAGE.
1712.
Carlyle, Frederic the Great. 1.
1
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proem: friedrich's history from the distance we
ARE AT.
About fourscore years ago, there used to be seen
sauntering on the terraces of Sans Souci, for a short
time in the afternoon, or you might have met him else-
where at an earlier hour, riding or driving in a rapid
business manner on the open roads or through the
scraggy woods and avenues of that intricate amphibious
Potsdam region, a highly interesting lean little old man,
of alert though slightly stooping figure; whose name
among strangers was King Friedrich the Second, or
Frederick the Great of Prussia, and at home among the
common people, who much loved and esteemed him, was
Vater Fritz, -- Father Fred, -- a name of familiarity
which had not bred contempt in that instance. He is
a King every inch of him, though without the trappings
of a King. Presents himself in a Spartan simplicity
of vesture: no crown but an old military cocked-hat, --
generally old, or trampled and kneaded into absolute
softness, if new; -- no sceptre but one like Agamem-
non's, a walking-stick cut from the woods, which serves
also as a riding-stick (with which he hits the horse
"between the ears," say authors); -- and for royal
robes, a mere soldier's blue coat with red facings, coat
1*
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[book I.
BIRTH AND PARENTAGE.
likely to be old, and sure to have a good deal of
Spanish snuff on the breast of it; rest of the apparel
dim, unobtrusive in colour or cut, ending in high over-
knee military boots, which may be brushed (and, I
hope, kept soft with an underhand suspicion of oil),
but are not permitted to be blackened or varnished;
Day and Martin with their soot-pots forbidden to ap-
proach.
The man is not of godlike physiognomy, any more
than of imposing stature or costume: close-shut mouth
with thin lips, prominent jaws and nose, receding brow,
by no means of Olympian height; head, however, is of
long form, and has superlative gray eyes in it. Not
what is called a beautiful man; nor yet, by all ap-
pearance, what is called a happy. On the contrary, the face bears evidence of many sorrows, as they are
termed, of much hard labour done in this world; and
seems to anticipate nothing but more still coming. Quiet
stoicism, capable enough of what joy there were, but
not expecting any worth mention; great unconscious
and some conscious pride, well tempered with a cheery
mockery of humour, -- are written on that old face;
which carries its chin well forward, in spite of the slight
stoop about the neck; snuffy nose rather flung into the
air, under its old cocked-hat, -- like an old snuffy lion
on the watch; and such a pair of eyes as no man or
lion or lynx of that Century bore elsewhere, according
to all the testimony we have. "Those eyes," says
Mirabeau, "which, at the bidding of his great soul,
"fascinated you with seduction or with terror (portaient,
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au gre de son dme he'roique, la seduction ou la terreur). "*
Most excellent potent brilliant eyes, swift-darting as
the stars, stedfast as the sun; gray, we said, of the
azure-gray colour; large enough, not of glaring size;
the habitual expression of them vigilance and penetra-
ting sense, rapidity resting on depth. Which is an ex-
cellent combination; and gives us the notion of a lambent
outer radiance springing from some great inner sea of
light and fire in the man. The voice, if he speak to
you, is of similar physiognomy: clear, melodious and
sonorous; all tones are in it, from that of ingenuous
inquiry, graceful sociality, light-flowing banter (rather
prickly for most part), up to definite word of command,
up to desolating word of rebuke and reprobation: a
voice "the clearest and most agreeable in conversation
I ever heard," says witty Dr. Moore. ** "He speaks a
great deal," continues the Doctor; "yet those who hear
"him, regret that he does not speak a good deal more.
"His observations are always lively, very often just;
"and few men possess the talent of repartee in greater
"perfection. "
Just about threescore and ten years ago,*** his
speakings and his workings came to finis in this World
of Time; and he vanished from all eyes into other
worlds, leaving much inquiry about him in the minds
* Mirabean: Histoire Secrite de la Cour de Berlin, Lcttre 28m"
(24 Septombre 1786), p. 128 (in edition of Paris, 3821).
** Moore: View of Society and Manners in France, Switzerland and
Germany (London, 1779), ii. 246.
*** 1856, -- 17th August 1786.
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[book I.
BIRTH AND PARENTAGE.
of men; -- which, as my readers and I may feel too
well, is yet by no means satisfied. As to his speech,
indeed, though it had the worth just ascribed to it and
more, and though masses of it were deliberately put on
paper by himself, in prose and verse, and continue to
be printed and kept legible, what he spoke has pretty
much vanished into the inane; and except as record or
document of what he did, hardly now concerns mankind.
But the things he did were extremely remarkable; and
cannot be forgotten by mankind. Indeed they bear
such fruit to the present hour as all the Newspapers
are obliged to be taking note of, sometimes to an un-
pleasant degree. Editors vaguely account this man the
"Creator of the Prussian Monarchy;" which has since
grown so large in the world, and troublesome to the
Editorial mind in this and other countries.
Thomas Carlyle.
Carlyle, Thomas, 1795-1881. Leipzig, B. Tauchnitz, 1858-1865.
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? COLLECTION
OP
BRITISH AUTHORS.
VOL. CCCCXLIV.
FREDERICK THE GREAT BY THOMAS CARLYLE.
VOL. L
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? TAUCHNITZ EDITION.
By the same Author,
THE FRENCH REvOLUTION 3 vols.
Oliver Cromwell's letters and speeches . i vols.
THE LIFE OF SCHILLER 1 vol.
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? HISTORY
or
MEDRICHII. OF PRUSSIA,
CALLED
FREDERICK THE GREAT.
THOMAS CARLYLE.
COPYRIGHT EDITION.
VOL. L
LEIPZIG
BERNHARD TAUCHNITZ
1858.
The Right of Translation ft reserved.
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? CONTENTS
OP VOLUME I.
BOOK L
BIRTH AND PARENTAGE. 1712.
CHAPTER PADS
1. Proem: Friedrich's History from the Distance
we are at 3
1. Friedrich then, and Friedrich now, p. 7*
2. Eighteenth Century, 12.
3. English Prepossessions, 15.
4. Encouragements, Discouragements, 22.
II. Friedrich's Birth 29
III. Father and Mother: the Hanoverian Connexion 34
IV. Father's Mother 49
V. King. Friedrich 1 63
BOOK II.
OF BRANDENBURG AND THE HOHENZOLLERNS. 928-1417.
I. Brannibor: Henry the Fowler 79
H. Preussen: Saint Adalbert 90
ill, Markoraves op Brandenburg 98
End of the First Shadowy Line, p. 98.
Second Shadowy Line , 100.
Substantial Markgraves: Glimpse of the Contemporary
Kaisers, 102.
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CONTENTS OF vOLUME I.
CHAPTER
PAGE
IV.
Albert the Bear
106
V. CoNRaD OF HoHENZOLLERN, aND KaISER BaRBa-
BOSSa 114
Conrad has become Burggraf of Nlirnberg (a. d. 1170),
p. 119.
Of the Hohenzollern Burggraves generally, 123.
VI. The Teutsch Ritters, ob Teutonic Order . 128
Head of Teutsch Order moves to venice, p. 131.
Teutsch Order itself goes to Preussen, 133.
The stuff Teutsch Ritters were made of. Conrad of Thtl-
ringen: Saint Elizabeth; Town of Marburg, 140.
VII. Maroraviate of Culmbach: Baireuth , Anspach 146
Burggraf Friedrich HI. , and the Anarchy of Nineteen
Years, p. 149.
Kaiser Rudolf and Burggraf Friedrich III. , 155.
VIII. ASCaNIER MaRKGRavES IN BRANDENBURG . . . 158
Of Berlin City, p. 159.
Markgraf Otto Iv. , or Otto with the Arrow, 161
IX. Burggraf Friedrich IV. . . . . . . 166
Contested Elections in the Reich: Kaiser Albert I. ; after
whom Six Non-Hapsburg kaisers, p. 167.
Of Kaiser Henry vII. and the Luxemburg Kaisers, 170.
Henry's Son Johann is King of Bohemia; and Ludwig the
Bavarian, with a Contested Election, is Kaiser, 174.
X. Brandenburg lapses to the Kaiser . . . . 180
XI. Bavarian Kurfursts in Brandenburg . . . 186
A Resuscitated Ascanier; the False Waldemar, p. 187.
Margaret with the Pouch-mouth, 190.
XII. Brandenburg in Kaiser Karl's time; End of the
Bavarian Kurfursts . . .
The Teutsch Ritters, ob Teutonic Order . 128
Head of Teutsch Order moves to venice, p. 131.
Teutsch Order itself goes to Preussen, 133.
The stuff Teutsch Ritters were made of. Conrad of Thtl-
ringen: Saint Elizabeth; Town of Marburg, 140.
VII. Maroraviate of Culmbach: Baireuth , Anspach 146
Burggraf Friedrich HI. , and the Anarchy of Nineteen
Years, p. 149.
Kaiser Rudolf and Burggraf Friedrich III. , 155.
VIII. ASCaNIER MaRKGRavES IN BRANDENBURG . . . 158
Of Berlin City, p. 159.
Markgraf Otto Iv. , or Otto with the Arrow, 161
IX. Burggraf Friedrich IV. . . . . . . 166
Contested Elections in the Reich: Kaiser Albert I. ; after
whom Six Non-Hapsburg kaisers, p. 167.
Of Kaiser Henry vII. and the Luxemburg Kaisers, 170.
Henry's Son Johann is King of Bohemia; and Ludwig the
Bavarian, with a Contested Election, is Kaiser, 174.
X. Brandenburg lapses to the Kaiser . . . . 180
XI. Bavarian Kurfursts in Brandenburg . . . 186
A Resuscitated Ascanier; the False Waldemar, p. 187.
Margaret with the Pouch-mouth, 190.
XII. Brandenburg in Kaiser Karl's time; End of the
Bavarian Kurfursts . . . . . . . 196
XIII. Luxemburg Kurfursts in Bbanpenbubg , , , 203
End of Resuscitated Waldemar-, Kurfiirst Ludwig sells out,
p. 199.
Second, and then Third and Last, of the Bavarian Kur-
fursts in Brandenburg, 201.
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CHAPTER PA OS
XIV. BuegqbAf Friedrich VI 207
Sigismund is Kurfttrst of Brandenburg, but Is King of
Hungary also, p. 209.
Cousin Jobst has Brandenburg in Pawn, 212.
Brandenburg in the hands of the Pawnbrokers; Rupert of
the Pfalz is Kaiser, 214.
Sigismund, with a struggle, becomes Kaiser, 217.
Brandenburg is pawned for the last time, 221.
The Seven Intercalary or Non-Hapaburg Kaisers, 225.
book in.
THE HOHENZOLLERNS IN BRANDENBURG. 1412-1713.
I. KdepObst Friedrich 1 229
II. Matinees du Roi be Prusse 236
III. KurfObst Friedrich II 244
IV. KubfCrst Albert Achilles , And his Successor 254
Johann the Cicero la Fourth Kurfiirst, and leaves Two no-
table Sons, p. 260.
V. Op the BAireuth- AnsPAch BrAnch . . . . 264
Two Lines In Culmbach or Baireuth-Anspach: the Gera
Bond of 1598, p. >>t>>.
The Elder Line of Culmbach; Frledrich and his Three
notable Sons there, 269.
Friedrich's Second Son , Margraf George of Anspach, 272.
VI. HOCHMEISTER ALBERT, ThIED NOTABLE SoN OF
Friedrich 287
VH. Albert AlcibiAdes 300
VILT. HistoricAl MeAning of the ReformAtion . . 308
IX. Kurfurst JoAchim 1 314
Of Joachim's Wife and Brother-in-law, p. 315.
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CONTENTS OF VOLUME I,
CHAPTER FAOE
X. KurfOrst JoAchim II 321
Joachim gets Co-lnfeftment in Prenssen, p. 329.
Joachim makes "Heritage-Brotherhood" with the Duke of
Liegnitz, 830.
XI. Seventh KurfCest , JohAnn George. . . . 338
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? BOOK I.
BIETH AND PARENTAGE.
1712.
Carlyle, Frederic the Great. 1.
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? CHAPTER L
proem: friedrich's history from the distance we
ARE AT.
About fourscore years ago, there used to be seen
sauntering on the terraces of Sans Souci, for a short
time in the afternoon, or you might have met him else-
where at an earlier hour, riding or driving in a rapid
business manner on the open roads or through the
scraggy woods and avenues of that intricate amphibious
Potsdam region, a highly interesting lean little old man,
of alert though slightly stooping figure; whose name
among strangers was King Friedrich the Second, or
Frederick the Great of Prussia, and at home among the
common people, who much loved and esteemed him, was
Vater Fritz, -- Father Fred, -- a name of familiarity
which had not bred contempt in that instance. He is
a King every inch of him, though without the trappings
of a King. Presents himself in a Spartan simplicity
of vesture: no crown but an old military cocked-hat, --
generally old, or trampled and kneaded into absolute
softness, if new; -- no sceptre but one like Agamem-
non's, a walking-stick cut from the woods, which serves
also as a riding-stick (with which he hits the horse
"between the ears," say authors); -- and for royal
robes, a mere soldier's blue coat with red facings, coat
1*
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likely to be old, and sure to have a good deal of
Spanish snuff on the breast of it; rest of the apparel
dim, unobtrusive in colour or cut, ending in high over-
knee military boots, which may be brushed (and, I
hope, kept soft with an underhand suspicion of oil),
but are not permitted to be blackened or varnished;
Day and Martin with their soot-pots forbidden to ap-
proach.
The man is not of godlike physiognomy, any more
than of imposing stature or costume: close-shut mouth
with thin lips, prominent jaws and nose, receding brow,
by no means of Olympian height; head, however, is of
long form, and has superlative gray eyes in it. Not
what is called a beautiful man; nor yet, by all ap-
pearance, what is called a happy. On the contrary, the face bears evidence of many sorrows, as they are
termed, of much hard labour done in this world; and
seems to anticipate nothing but more still coming. Quiet
stoicism, capable enough of what joy there were, but
not expecting any worth mention; great unconscious
and some conscious pride, well tempered with a cheery
mockery of humour, -- are written on that old face;
which carries its chin well forward, in spite of the slight
stoop about the neck; snuffy nose rather flung into the
air, under its old cocked-hat, -- like an old snuffy lion
on the watch; and such a pair of eyes as no man or
lion or lynx of that Century bore elsewhere, according
to all the testimony we have. "Those eyes," says
Mirabeau, "which, at the bidding of his great soul,
"fascinated you with seduction or with terror (portaient,
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au gre de son dme he'roique, la seduction ou la terreur). "*
Most excellent potent brilliant eyes, swift-darting as
the stars, stedfast as the sun; gray, we said, of the
azure-gray colour; large enough, not of glaring size;
the habitual expression of them vigilance and penetra-
ting sense, rapidity resting on depth. Which is an ex-
cellent combination; and gives us the notion of a lambent
outer radiance springing from some great inner sea of
light and fire in the man. The voice, if he speak to
you, is of similar physiognomy: clear, melodious and
sonorous; all tones are in it, from that of ingenuous
inquiry, graceful sociality, light-flowing banter (rather
prickly for most part), up to definite word of command,
up to desolating word of rebuke and reprobation: a
voice "the clearest and most agreeable in conversation
I ever heard," says witty Dr. Moore. ** "He speaks a
great deal," continues the Doctor; "yet those who hear
"him, regret that he does not speak a good deal more.
"His observations are always lively, very often just;
"and few men possess the talent of repartee in greater
"perfection. "
Just about threescore and ten years ago,*** his
speakings and his workings came to finis in this World
of Time; and he vanished from all eyes into other
worlds, leaving much inquiry about him in the minds
* Mirabean: Histoire Secrite de la Cour de Berlin, Lcttre 28m"
(24 Septombre 1786), p. 128 (in edition of Paris, 3821).
** Moore: View of Society and Manners in France, Switzerland and
Germany (London, 1779), ii. 246.
*** 1856, -- 17th August 1786.
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of men; -- which, as my readers and I may feel too
well, is yet by no means satisfied. As to his speech,
indeed, though it had the worth just ascribed to it and
more, and though masses of it were deliberately put on
paper by himself, in prose and verse, and continue to
be printed and kept legible, what he spoke has pretty
much vanished into the inane; and except as record or
document of what he did, hardly now concerns mankind.
But the things he did were extremely remarkable; and
cannot be forgotten by mankind. Indeed they bear
such fruit to the present hour as all the Newspapers
are obliged to be taking note of, sometimes to an un-
pleasant degree. Editors vaguely account this man the
"Creator of the Prussian Monarchy;" which has since
grown so large in the world, and troublesome to the
Editorial mind in this and other countries.
