Triumphs and wonders of the 19th century, the true mirror of a phenomenal era, a volume of original, entertaining and instructive historic and descriptive writings, showing the many and marvellous achievements which distinguish an hundred years of material, intellectual, social and moral progress .. . cientific war-fare. He made the Prussian army a most powerful and dangerous machine,,and led it triumphantly against Denmark and Austria. By dint of strictorganization and drill he made the armies of the German Confederationequally effective, as was shown in the Franco-German war (1870-71), which
Triumphs and wonders of the 19th century, the true mirror of a phenomenal era, a volume of original, entertaining and instructive historic and descriptive writings, showing the many and marvellous achievements which distinguish an hundred years of material, intellectual, social and moral progress .. . cientific war-fare. He made the Prussian army a most powerful and dangerous machine,,and led it triumphantly against Denmark and Austria. By dint of strictorganization and drill he made the armies of the German Confederationequally effective, as was shown in the Franco-German war (1870-71), which EPOCH-MAKERS OF THE CENTURY 701 was a series of brilliant victories, ending with the capitulation of Paris andthe downfall of Napoleon III. and his empire. His greatness lay in the factthat cool, sober calculation always dominated his greatest audacity of plan. Simon Bolivar, or Bolivar y Ponte (b. July 25,1785; d. December 17, 1830),justly earned the surname of The Liberator. The first and greatest ofthose South American patriots who struck against the tyrannical colonial sys-tem of Spain, he achieved the independence of the three States of Colombia,Bolivia, and Peru, secured their recognition by the civilized world, and livedto govern them with the wisdom and moderation of a wise COUNT VON MOI/lKK. Robert E. Lee (b. January 19, 1807; d. October 12, 1870), graduated atWest Point, and was in the constant military service of the United Statestill the breaking out of the Civil War. He then transferred his services tothe Confederacy, and speedily became the highest exponent of its militarypowers. Honorable, just, energetic, persistent, skillful in offensive or defen-sive warfare, schooled in strategy, full of devices and combinations to over-come desperate situations, he prolonged a hopeless struggle to an astoundingdegree, and met defeat and surrender without dishonor. He readily ranks asone of the worlds greatest generals. Lajos (Louis) Kossuth of Hungary (b. April
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