. The life of Bismarck, private and political;. g.—A Dinner Party at the Blanckenburgs.—Von Blanckenburg.—Major, now General, Von Roon.—Dr. Beutner. TTO VON BISMAECK was anxiousto enter himself at Heidelberg, buthis mother objected to it, because shewas afraid that at this University herson would contract the habit, to herdetestable, of drinking beer; and shetherefore chose, at the advice of arelative — the Geh. Finanzrath Kerl,who was a great authority with herin matters of learning—the Universi-ty of Gottingen, where Kerl had him-self studied. Bismarck agreed to the change ; he longed for th
. The life of Bismarck, private and political;. g.—A Dinner Party at the Blanckenburgs.—Von Blanckenburg.—Major, now General, Von Roon.—Dr. Beutner. TTO VON BISMAECK was anxiousto enter himself at Heidelberg, buthis mother objected to it, because shewas afraid that at this University herson would contract the habit, to herdetestable, of drinking beer; and shetherefore chose, at the advice of arelative — the Geh. Finanzrath Kerl,who was a great authority with herin matters of learning—the Universi-ty of Gottingen, where Kerl had him-self studied. Bismarck agreed to the change ; he longed for thejoys of academic freedom, the more delightful to him from thestrictness with which his education had hitherto been conducted,as well as from his little knowledge of student life. In Berlinstudent life was somewhat tame, obtruding itself nowhere; andBismarck had also been withheld from all contact with it. Heentered into possession of his new liberty with enthusiasm, noteasily comprehensible to the students of the present day. With. 124 THE RED LINE OF BLOOD AND IRON. the entire recklessness of a sturdy constitution he plunged intoits every enjoyment. Even before entering at Gottingen he had fought his first duelat Berlin. His opponent was a brave lad of the Hebrew persua-sion, named Wolf. It is true he fought, but, like the ancientParthians, he fought flying. The arrangements must have beensomewhat unscientific, in fact quite out of form, for Bismarckwas wounded in the leg, while he cut off his Jewish opponentsspectacles! In the didactic epic Bismarckias, by Dr. G. Schwetschke, ofwhich several editions have appeared at Halle, containing manya good joke, the following aptly alludes to the present periodof the heros life:— From his boot soles now is shakenAll the school dust: higher waveletsBear the ship of the aspirant;Weighed on deck is every anchor,And spread out is every canvass,While the youthful flag of freedom,Gaily fluttering in the breezes,Bears, Nitimur i
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