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Common terms and phrasesactivity administration affairs Alexander approved army Austria Berg Berlin Beyme Brandenburg-Prussia cabinet career central government chief citizens commission council Count Haugwitz county of Mark court Daru decree diet domain peasants draft Duke duke of Nassau duties East East Prussia economic edict eighteenth century Elbe Elector estates favor force foreign France Frederick William Frederick William III Frederickian French friends German Gneisenau hand Hanover Hardenberg Haugwitz Heinitz Hohenzollern ideas imperial knight indemnity interest king king's Konigsberg labor land later Lehmann letter liberation lord Mainz matter measures memoirs ment military minister ministry monarchy municipal Napoleon Nassau negotiations noble official patriotic peasant peasantry Pertz plans political possible princes provinces Prus Prussian Queen Louise reform reorganization representative Rhine Confederation royal Scharnhorst sian Silesia social sought sovereign Stein subordinates task tenure territory thalers tion treaty Vienna vigorous Westphalia Popular passagesPage 94 - inexorable law of human souls, that we prepare ourselves for sudden deeds by the reiterated choice of good or evil that determines character. Page 114 - The chief idea was to arouse a moral, religious and patriotic spirit in the nation, to instill into it again courage, confidence, readiness for every sacrifice in behalf of independence from foreigners and for the Page 301 - Deutschland kann nur auf einem Wege zur politischen Einheit gelangen; dieser ist das Schwert. Wenn einer seiner Staaten alle anderen unterjocht. Für eine solche Unterwerfung ist die Zeit nicht gekommen. Page 108 - of last year, which I presume to be known to you. I say, 'I presume,' since your persistent silence, which at first I laid to the account of the state of your health, must otherwise remain completely inexplicable. Page 108 - I cannot possibly attribute your silence to mere defiance or disobedience to my commands, for in that case I should have to provide you with a suitable lodging. I am indeed well aware in what an insolent manner you have expressed yourself orally and in writing in the presence of Generals Riichel, Page 135 - author of the unhappy Peace of Basel [Tilsit], an able and experienced soldier, but crafty, ambitious, envious, and paralysed by the routine of old age and the domination of a malicious and grasping wife. This party was joined by all the men of pleasure and fashion, eg Prince Hatzfeld, all Page 110 - is a soulless, meaningless combination, capable of nothing but corrupt fermentation. If they ever want me again I shall demand a guarantee against unworthy treatment, and assume that the supreme direction of affairs is to be placed in the hands of intelligent, reasonable, and estimable persons. Page 110 - Both parties were wrong; the king in refusing to listen to the voice of truth raised so often and from all sides, and in writing in such harsh language to a meritorious man; the minister in not using gentler and more respectful forms towards his master. Page 254 - If it were possible after a series of privations, after boundless sufferings, to raise ourselves from ruin, who would not sacrifice everything in order to plant the seeds of a new fruit? Who would not gladly die if he might hope that they would spring up with new power and new life! But in Page 110 - turn: I admire his patience and hope that it may be well grounded, but for myself I look for nothing from empty, slow, flat people. References to this bookFrom Google ScholarAdoption Of The Prussian Model For Municipal Government In Meiji ...George Oakley TOTTEN III References from web pagesJSTOR: Stein and the Era of Reform in Prussia, 1807-1815 Bibliographic information
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