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Frederic Harold. The Young Emperor, William II of Germany
The Young Emperor, William II of Germany
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CHAPTER I.—THE SUPREMACY OF THE HOHENZOLLERNS
CHAPTER II.—WILLIAM’S BOYHOOD
CHAPTER III.—UNDER CHANGED INFLUENCES AT BONN
CHAPTER IV.—THE TIDINGS OF FREDERIC’S DOOM
CHAPTER V.—THROUGH THE SHADOWS TO THE THRONE
CHAPTER VI.—UNDER THE SWAY OF THE BISMARCKS
CHAPTER VII.—THE BEGINNINGS OF A BENEFICENT CHANGE
CHAPTER VIII.—A YEAR OF EXPERIMENTAL ABSOLUTISM
CHAPTER IX.—A YEAR OF HELPFUL LESSONS
CHAPTER X.—THE FALL OF THE BISMARCKS
CHAPTER XI—A YEAR WITHOUT BISMARCK
CHAPTER XII.—PERSONAL CHARACTERISTICS
THE END
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Harold Frederic
A Study in Character Development on a Throne
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The young Emperor was born in the first month of 1859. The prolonged life of his grandfather, and the apparently superb physical vitality of his father, made him seem much further removed from the throne than fate really intended, and he grew up into manhood with only scant attention from the general public. There was an unexpressed feeling that he belonged to the twentieth century, and that it would be time enough then to study him. When of a sudden the world learned that the stalwart middle-aged Crown Prince had a mortal malady, and saw that it was a race toward the grave between him and his venerable father, haste was made to repair this negligent error, and find out things about the hitherto unconsidered young man who was to be so prematurely called upon the stage. Unfortunately, this swift and unexpected shifting of history’s lime-light revealed young William in extremely repellent colours. Many circumstances, working together in the shadows behind the throne, had combined to put him into a temporary attitude toward his parents, which showed very badly under this sudden and fierce illumination. “Ho, ho! He is a bad son, then, is he?” we all said, and made up our minds to dislike him on the spot. Three years have passed, and during that time many things have happened, many other things have come to light, calculated to convince us that this early judgment was an over-hasty one.
