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Away from the Garrison (1700).—The army, and the constitutionof the State—The country militia and their history—The soldiery ofthe Sovereign—Change of organisation after the war—The beginningof compulsory levies about 1700—Gradual introduction ofconscription—Recruiting and its illegalities—Desertions—Traffickingwith armies—The Prussian army under Frederic William I.—The regimentof guards at Potsdam—Prussian officers—Ulrich Bräcker—Narrative of aPrussian deserter
The State of Frederic the Great (1700).—The kingdom of theHohenzollerns, its small size; character of the people andprinces—Childhood of Frederic—Opposition to hisfather—Catastrophe—Training and its influence on his character—Hismarriage and relations with women—Residence in Rheinsberg—Hischaracter when he became King—Striking contrast between his poeticwarmth and his inexorable severity—Inward change in the course of thefirst Silesian war—Loss of the friends of his youth—The literaryperiod till 1766—His poetry, historical writings, and literaryversatility—Seven years of iron labour—His method of carrying on war,and heroic struggle—Admiration of Germans and foreigners—Hissufferings and endurance—Extracts from Frederic's Letters from1767-1762—Principles of his government—Improvement ofSilesia—Difference betwixt the Prussian and Austriangovernment—Feeling of duty in the Prussian officials—Acquisitionof West Prussia—Miserable condition in 1772—Agriculture ofFrederic—His last years
Of the Year of Tuition of the German Citizen (1790).—Influence ofFrederic on German art, philosophy, and historical writing—Poetryflourishes—The aspect of a city in 1790—The coffee gardens andthe theatres—Travelling and love of the picturesque—Differentsources of morals and activity amongst the nobles, citizens, andpeasants—Characteristics of the life of the country nobles—The pietyof the country people—Education of the citizens—Advantages of theLatin schools and of the university education—The sentimentality andchange in the literary classes from 1750-1790—The Childhood of ErnstFrederic Haupt