[157] Life of Wilberforce, Vol. III., p. 88. In this letter Wilberforce says he was quite charmed with the manner in which the Crown Prince of Prussia spoke of his wife. “Bishop,” said he, “with me it has been one long honeymoon.”
[158] Count Vitzthum’s Reminiscences, Vol. II., p. 215.
[159] For a curious account of Mr. Oliphant’s Secret Mission, see Count Vitzthum’s Reminiscences, Vol. II., pp. 240, 241.
[160] English writers often draw an analogy between Ireland and Poland. There is the greatest difference between the position of the two nationalities. In Poland the Imperial Government has crushed the nobility, by taking sides with the peasantry. In Ireland the Imperial Government has striven to hold the country by allying itself with the territorial aristocracy. Had the peasants joined the nobles in Poland, Russia could not have resisted the demand for autonomy.
[161] Memoirs of an Ex-Minister, Vol. II., p. 308.
[162] Count Vitzthum’s Reminiscences, Vol. II., p. 261.
[163] Count Vitzthum’s Reminiscences, Vol. II., p. 221.
[164] Lowe’s Life of Bismarck, Vol. I., p. 322.
[165] The position of the chief claimants in the Succession may be illustrated in this way.
Christian I.
|
Frederick I.
|
+-------------------+-------------------+
| |
Christian III. Adolph, 1st Duke of
| Gottorp (1544).
+--------------+--------------+ |
| | +------+-------+
Frederick II. Hans, 1st Duke | |
| of Sonderburg. Emperor of Grand Duke of
Frederick III. | Russia. Oldenburg.
| +---------+--------+
Royal Family of | |
Denmark becomes Ducal Family of Ducal Family of
extinct in Augustenburg. Glücksburg.
Frederick VII. |
Christian IX.