The Life of Bismarck, Private and Political With Descriptive Notices of His Ancestry

CHAPTER I.

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INTRODUCTORY.

“UT SCIAT REGNARE.”

Bismarck’s Policy.—Its Gradual Growth and Political Character.—Contrast with Lucchesini.—Bismarck’s Open Honesty.—Vassal and Liege.—Liberalism a Danger.—Democracy a Danger.—The Relative Positions of Prussia and Austria in the Federation.—Gerlach’s Ideal Conservatism. 157