The German Classics of the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries, Volume 10 - Prince Otto Von Bismarck, Count Helmuth Von Moltke, Ferdinand Lassalle by Unknown
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hope that he is still working out the task which, in spite of all the
imperiousness of his nature, was the essence of his earthly life--the task of making the Germans a nation of true freemen? FOOTNOTES: [Footnote 1: From _Glimpses of Modern German Culture_. Permission Dodd, Mead & Company, New York.] * * * * * THE LOVE LETTERS OF BISMARCK[2] TRANSLATED UNDER THE SUPERVISION OF CHARLTON T. LEWIS Hôtel de Prusse, Stettin, (Not dated: Written about the end of December, 1846.) TO HERR VON PUTTKAMER: _Most Honored Sir_.--I begin this communication by indicating its content in the first sentence--it is a request for the highest thing you can dispose of in this world, the hand of your daughter. I do not conceal from myself the fact that I appear presumptuous when I, whom you have come to know only recently and through a few meetings, claim the strongest proof of confidence which you can give to any man. I |
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