New-York tribune., 1875-10-08
PIuNCF BISMARCK. By MiHEtN GOMAcn. Translated
TIE German, by Miss "a /. NON tlEiiN leh"' ll'
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PIuNCE BISMARCK. BY Wi.HElM G0RACl Translated
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Although few European names are more
familiar 10 the American public hanilat Of the cHcigeuc
Trussian statesnan sketch OF whose biography IL mere
ltyen the r, sent monograph viii not De without inter
est to very derable number of gcadCls II not only
describes The official Of Bismatck with animation
and force but places the attractive features Of hS
character a stronger light tnan hos been ueuai with
most Of hi iographcrs. As boy at school, Esn'lckls
represented Of too soft nature t. bear the severe
treatment TO which nc subjected. He suffered great
" from home oschue,s and could not watch tie pow1nen
IN the fields without With his pleasant hos isli
face aud bFH cleaning c}es, he made himself quite &t
hone IN TIE household of his teacher, aud became -
favoritc with the family by his unassuiuE ana aercca
ble manners After entering the University, The quiet,
holncly side Of his nature Wa. less PROMINENT and he
ovnecd flncss Of energy which fitted him for the eX-
nbcraut enjoyment of c and made hu foremost In all
the pursuits Of German student Upon the completion
of his academic education he spo some time in travel
ing ON the Rhine and in France and Belgium, eol inf
with the keeic-t ze all the pleasures OF soct-y lot
tcrto his VIE dated July 1851, contains significant ref
erecctO that period OF his c "Thc day before yesterday
Invent to Wieshadeu and looked with mixture OF sad
ness and premature wisdom at the ~ my former
folcs II only il would please God to FIJI mp with clear
strong wine the vessel in which, at twcnty-one, the
muddy champagne of yOnth fothed up To 50 little par
pose How many Of those with whom l nirtea and
Ipy views Of life have undergone in the fourteen years
that have clauscd since that time each in its turn
fng 10 me The correct one; bow much that then thought
great now appears SMALL how much now appears hon
orabie which then desp,cd! How much fresh foliage
may still grow on. OF inner man, giving shade,
rueng in the wind, becoming worthless and faded be
fore another fort years pas-befoIe 1860, II only
We live 80 long" Bismarck married IN lSi7, his hildc
being niue years younger than himself. His home life
was source Of rcire,ncut and strength while the con
stant activity Of his mind preserved him from sagna-
ton At present dsv the nascs-pasSiOn of Bismarck
zeal the lie has impressed this sentiment on
the educated mind of Germany Everything is thrown
aside II it into collision with his designs for the
State His devotion 10 this subject has the force OF re
ligous impulse, which ms Tres him with a confidence in
nj. cause which nothing shake His steps are marked
not only BY victories In Parliament on the battlefield,
and in diplomacy but by cpochs in the inner fe and an
extension Of the political hcrzOH through the conquest Of
rrctndces aud the sacrifice convictions Tits view If
the sum of the present volume, which is written with
more cOncseuCss and point than are usual IN German
literature and appears 10 have fallen into the hands oi
capable translator.