History of Frederick the Second, Called Frederick the Great.

CHAPTER X.

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THE ACCESSION OF FREDERICK THE SECOND.

Establishment of the Berlin Academy of Sciences.--Religious Toleration.--A Free Press.--Sternness of the young King.--Domestic Habits of the King.--Provision for the Queen-mother.--Absolutism of the King.--Journey to Strasbourg.--First Interview with Voltaire 191