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Excerpt from Bismarck, the Man and the Statesman, Vol. 2 of 3: Being the Reflections and Reminiscences of Otto Prince Von Bismarck, Written and Dictated by Himself After His Retirement From Office After I had developed my views, Schleinitz was called upon to bring his forward. He did this by a reference to the will of Frederick William III. Thus skilfully touch ing a Chord which never failed to find a response in the mind of the Regent. He described the anxieties and dangers which threatened us from the West, from Paris, and at home, if our relations with Austria, in spite of all justifiable grounds for sensitiveness, failed to be maintained. The dangers of a combination between Russia and France, which even at that time was Openly discussed, were set forth, and the possibility of an alliance between Prussia and Russia was said to be condemned by public Opinion. It was characteristic of the Regent that, as soon as Schleinitz had spoken the last word of a uent and evi dently carefully-prepared speech, he at once declared in a lucid statement that in accordance with the traditions of his ancestors he decided in favour of the minister von Schleinitz. This brought the discussion to a speedy conclusion. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.