Bismarck and the foundation of the German empire . cupation Ihave little time left to call on the clergymen ; as theyhave no vote for the election it was quite impossible. The Elbe is full of ice, the wind E. S. E., the latestthermometer from Berlin shews 8 degrees, the barometeris rising and at I tell you this as an example howin your letters you might write to father more the smallevents of your life ; they amuse him immensely ; tell himwho has been to see you, whom you have been calling on,what you had for dinner, how the horses are, how theservants behave, if the doors creak and the
Bismarck and the foundation of the German empire . cupation Ihave little time left to call on the clergymen ; as theyhave no vote for the election it was quite impossible. The Elbe is full of ice, the wind E. S. E., the latestthermometer from Berlin shews 8 degrees, the barometeris rising and at I tell you this as an example howin your letters you might write to father more the smallevents of your life ; they amuse him immensely ; tell himwho has been to see you, whom you have been calling on,what you had for dinner, how the horses are, how theservants behave, if the doors creak and the windows arefirm—in short, facts and events. Besides this, he does notlike to be called papa, he dislikes the expression. Avis aulecteur. On another occasion he says : Only with difficulty can I resist the temptation of fillinga whole letter with agricultural lamentations over frosts,sick cattle, bad rape, bad roads, dead lambs, hungrysheep, want of straw, fodder, money, potatoes, and ma-nure ; outside Johann is persistently whistling a wretched. 1847] Early Life. 27 schottische out of tune, and I have not the cruelty tointerrupt it, for he seeks to still by music his violentlove-sickness. Then we have long letters from Nordeney, wherehe delighted in the sea, but space will not allow usto quote more. It is only in these letters, and inthose which he wrote in later years to his wife, thatwe see the natural kindliness and simplicity of hisdisposition, his love of nature, and his great powerof description. There have been few better letter-writers in Germany or any other country. His ability and success as an agriculturist madea deep impression on his neighbours. As years wenton he became much occupied in local business; hewas appointed as the representative of his brother,who was Landrath for the district ; in 1845 he waselected one of the members for the Provincial Dietof Pomerania. He also had a seat in the Diet for theSaxon province in which Schoenhausen was lo
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