. The life of Bismarck, private and political;. THE PAST AND THE EUTUEE. 279 of the past, and the representative of the future; the past hadbeen allotted to Austria, the future was to be the heritage ofPrussia. The present and the Johannisberg constituted the neu-tral ground where the last remains of Austrian good-will to-wards Prussia, and the last fragments of traditional reverencefor Austria in Bismarcks patriotic heart, were to meet. The twostatesmen parted from each other with mutual respect. CHAPTER II. BISMARCK ON THE NEVA. [1859-1862.] Ambassador to St. Petersburg.—Illness.—Journey.—Hu
. The life of Bismarck, private and political;. THE PAST AND THE EUTUEE. 279 of the past, and the representative of the future; the past hadbeen allotted to Austria, the future was to be the heritage ofPrussia. The present and the Johannisberg constituted the neu-tral ground where the last remains of Austrian good-will to-wards Prussia, and the last fragments of traditional reverencefor Austria in Bismarcks patriotic heart, were to meet. The twostatesmen parted from each other with mutual respect. CHAPTER II. BISMARCK ON THE NEVA. [1859-1862.] Ambassador to St. Petersburg.—Illness.—Journey.—Hunting.—The Coronation of William We have already stated that Bismarck would have preferredto remain at Frankfurt, because he hoped to be useful to Prussia;and he personally complained to the Prince Regent of his trans-ference. The Prince Regent, on the other hand, demonstrated to ILLNESS. 281 him that such an official position in St. Petersburg was one ofthe first in the diplomacy of Prussia, and that he ought to regardhis mission there as a distinction. It was, perhaps, fortunate forBismarck that thus placed in a remote position from the party-spirit of those days, he was able as from an observatory to watchthe course of political events, both inwardly and outwardly, andallow his views to assume distinctness, his plans to ripen. To hismany journeys was also due the preservation of personal inter-ests. The peculiar good-will with which he was received bythe Czar, and especially by the Empress-Mother at that time, heknew how to preserve, at the same time winning the respect ofthe Eussian statesmen. Of his life in thes
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