The world: historical and actual . taph, written by him-self, was peculiarly apjsrojjri-ate: Here lies a princewhose intentions were pure,but «ho hail the misfortuneto see all his plans good, however, resultedfrom the spirit or atmosphereof the court. The empress was a devout Catholic,although somewhat jealous of Rome; the emperorwas not a Protestant, but he was the avowed enemyof papal arrogance. He spoke harshly of priests,and yet Austria remained a Catholic was a sneering skeptic. Out of the French Revolution grew general waron the continent. The banished an
The world: historical and actual . taph, written by him-self, was peculiarly apjsrojjri-ate: Here lies a princewhose intentions were pure,but «ho hail the misfortuneto see all his plans good, however, resultedfrom the spirit or atmosphereof the court. The empress was a devout Catholic,although somewhat jealous of Rome; the emperorwas not a Protestant, but he was the avowed enemyof papal arrogance. He spoke harshly of priests,and yet Austria remained a Catholic was a sneering skeptic. Out of the French Revolution grew general waron the continent. The banished and fugitive prin-ces and nobles of France fermented trouble, andthe Republic at Paris found itself involved in mili-tary controversy with both branches of Germany(for Prussia was now the rival and peer of Austria).The conflict was waged in a somewhat sickly wayuntil Napoleon came to the front. In the Napoleonic war the battle of Austerlitzwas the especial humiliation of Austria, but it didnot stand alone. Marengos field was won by. Napoleon at Austrias expense June 14, 1800, andhis Marshal, Moreau, achieved the brilliant victoryof Hohenlinden on the third of December follow-ing. In 1805 Austria secured the alliance of Eng-land, Russia and Sweden against France. Napo-leon thereupon marched to the very gates of Viennaand gained, December 2nd of that year, the greatvictory of Austerlitz. But Prussia still stood , however, the conqueror organized the Con-federation of the Rhine, designed to absorb the freecities and small principalities of Germany, andeclipse both Austria and Prussia, the latter tookalarm. In 1800 war was declared by FrederickWilliam. Two battles werefought in October of thatyear, Auerstadt and first defeat was badenough, but the second wasutterly prostrating and deep-ly humiliating. Unlike Aus-terlitz, Jena was retrieved the reputa-tion of the Prussians and thefall of Paris, fifty year later,completed the redress. Evenbefore Wat
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