Publisher's Synopsis
Excerpt from Life of Frederick the Great
Frederick was succeeded by his son, Frederick William, a prince who must be allowed to have pos sessed some talents for administration, but whose character was disfigured by the most odious vices, and whose eccentricities were such ashad never been seen out of a mad-house. He was exact and dili gent in the transaction of business, and he was the first who formed the design of obtaining for Prus sia a place among the European powers, altogether out of proportion to her extent and population, by means of a strong military organization. Strict economy enabled him to keep up a peace estab lishment of sixty thousand troops. These troops were disciplined in such a manner, that, placed be side them, the household regiments of Versailles and St. James would have appeared an awkward squad. The master of such a force could not but be regarded by all his neighbors as a formidable enemy and a val uable ally.
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