Bristol news. [volume] (Bristol, Va. & Tenn.) 1867-189?, 1882-02-14
The Greatest Soldier IN Furopc.

The Greatest Soldier In Europe.
Great rs Germany Undoubtedly Is, aud
powerful ~ herr niiiilary. organization.
may be, they mnsr both lave owed sona.-
thing ~ least Uf llicir efficiency TO Inc
small grWp of men WIN. IN European
crisis, fnllni Iliem.rlv"S ~ lilWriy 10 use
~ they I,'.asr The carefully prepared
machine. iuhSs all history liz ainiyill,
the defeat ti Austria AMI lIr conqlIcsl
OF France wee effected by cOmmiilre
4 Of fonr or five men. amung whom the
King was llic arbitr and Ultimate ref.
cree, the Cr,Nn Prince. the Critic,
Count Non III, mark HE brain, .Gsneral
Won Room, Ilt,sMUrd, Multhr,tilr hand,
The Weapon which, when armies We're In
collision, srturrd victory. All Count
Noh BisnIarck's asiutenrss, all &c! eral
Won Rooms success in the Organization.
discipline, and mobilization OF bis bali
taIioliS would have been useless II IN tine
hour of actual rolnlat. Prussia had moi
possessed .ii'atceist Who cogld Use the
vast machine 10 effective pnrpose; WHO
rruld 50 place The irg;ulvf illntihry
could win. aud Ninningronlh make vic
tory driinilvr. No maii Mlio lIas ptr-
Formed achievements likcihr Mafshal's
has ever conscn,ul ioA'ccuny Quite his
POSITION, IT, receive such slow and poor
rrwar,s--liis leryglIalen MaSA.laytd by
IN rlqllclte--io intkeAh himself 80 little
visible 10 the world. lie Is u marshal,
with very moderate fortune AMI y treat
pace IN history, and that i all. lie has
played 40 part in politics, and thmigh
his spcrrlics-ahdt especially the one
ronlainii. his prophecy ilIht tlr rycle
% war would nj end for fifty lr;ns--
have excited grave attention., hi, cpin-
ions are less kEONn, even IN Germany,
Than thOac of far inferior men The.
outside world knows nothing Of them,
ia not aware whether he H. Tory or Lib
cral, patriot or ryuir, soldier, statesman
or only General: al il knows Is that il
the lIohcn2ollcrs decide 20 crush n
State The most powerful brain in The
world for Thai Pun pose will ind cate aud
carry Oh operations. That MARSHAL Won
MolIkc, nrpl utu 4 Iane and once
III the Turkish service, is no merccIary
the world has recognized fully as by IN
siinci bnt Slnt Is he, lie b mspll, out
side of his work. TO all appearance,
and we think the appearan, &c is true, he
is IN artist IN war, makes war ms great
artists, or builders, or engineers paint
pictures, or raise churches, cut tunnels,
finding IN the perfection of his own arr
and the completion of his own designs
ont Of his own brain full 81 lace and con
tent. So absorbed has he been in his
art and its completeness that he has not,
to all appearances, cared Tor fame; that
he has never, So far Ms the'world knows,
either dreaded or opposed II rival; and
that, In all the elaborate histories of his
wars which have been prepared by his
staff, and which, we are told are marvel
olls for the uncolorcl light they throw
on his military operations; bis own
namclsrnTely5 occurs, Frhatis'lik mod
csty, SLY lbs admirers, md 1t isille;
but thcrcmust btSSonictdig iUors sNo
man iices and does great things Without
seeking spluc satisfaction to his own in
nrrs,ifanil With Slarhal Won Multkp,
WHO u indifferent 70 wealth and rcquir
cd persuasion TO accept rank, who has
led II nltlOn TO Tie iop OF the word ard
stood aside to letganothtr rule A. sand
rule It, he, wifi. his cold clear brain.
h'lHi H"NN bN'il lHVNHHsN WHY 'hh =
must lave foml thnt satisfaction IN The
work Itself, IN winning the mighty game
Of chess Which he has played With Nv
ing kings andlvzers--onr word "plccn'
is only a courteous blu der and pawlls
who can die on The board or in the hos
pilal behind. It unique position in
history-Tihe single 'approNimnte ope be-
ing that OF Belisiriolis, Us history, not
legend, paints him-auil one eau con-
cciee Of few greater or less probable m
tcleotual qualifications than mn uut0bi
Ography which revealed to the world |
what manner Of man was concealed in
this iron figure, which for fourteen |
years strobe over tie world IN Sllcute, |
crushing down all foes Of The IIohcn-
zollcrn, and then silently mounted upon
its pedestal again. WINS there ever on
earth before Commandcr-in-thirf WHO
had Dever signed II proclamation. s
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