FACTA DUCIS VIVENT OPEROGAQUE
GLORIA RERUM.--OVID, IN LIVIAM 185

THE HERO'S DEEDS AND HARD-WON
FAME SHALL LIVE.




[Illustration: BISMARCK. FROM A PAINTING BY F. VON LENBACH.]




BISMARCK

AND THE FOUNDATION OF THE GERMAN EMPIRE

BY JAMES WYCLIFFE HEADLAM




COPYRIGHT, 1899




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