Excerpt from Bismarck at Home As a diplomatist he proclaims the nothingness and vanity of all diplomacy; as a political orator he con descends to defend himself by nothing but squibs and sarcasms more or less witty; while toiling, as he says, for God and his, country, the Protestant patriot, nevertheless, confesses his pessimism and the unsatisfactory nature of his faith. These distinctive features, so characteristic of the humorist, are especially seen in his private correspondence. I shall give a few examples. And, first ...
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Excerpt from Bismarck at Home As a diplomatist he proclaims the nothingness and vanity of all diplomacy; as a political orator he con descends to defend himself by nothing but squibs and sarcasms more or less witty; while toiling, as he says, for God and his, country, the Protestant patriot, nevertheless, confesses his pessimism and the unsatisfactory nature of his faith. These distinctive features, so characteristic of the humorist, are especially seen in his private correspondence. I shall give a few examples. And, first of all, this passage from a letter sent to Madame Bismarck from Frankfort, where the Federal Diet was then sitting. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at ... This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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