Review of reviews and world's work . im the relation between theHouse of Orange and the Netherlands becamestill mt)re intimate ami strong as he startedthem upon a career of fame and power. With-out his extraordinary gifts of brain and heart.\iva and Parma would have gained tiie victoryand the Repul)lic of the Seven Provinces wouldhave perished still-born. William the Silent, the father of thefatherland, also laid the foundation for theaffection that so closely has bound the stateto the fainily of Orange, the House everready to sacrifice possessions and life inorder to secure liberty for the na
Review of reviews and world's work . im the relation between theHouse of Orange and the Netherlands becamestill mt)re intimate ami strong as he startedthem upon a career of fame and power. With-out his extraordinary gifts of brain and heart.\iva and Parma would have gained tiie victoryand the Repul)lic of the Seven Provinces wouldhave perished still-born. William the Silent, the father of thefatherland, also laid the foundation for theaffection that so closely has bound the stateto the fainily of Orange, the House everready to sacrifice possessions and life inorder to secure liberty for the nation; andthat raised the Netherlands to the positionwhich, about the middle of the 17th century,made the little republic one of the great pow-ers of Europe. For not only William theSilent, but his sons, Maurits and FredericHenry, and even his unfortunate oldest son,Philip William, his daughters, and his kin-dred of the House of Nassau, at that timeso fecund,—all shared in the struggles andsufferings endured during the fearful con-. William tlie Silent, IltundHF ofthe Housi^. Iriiiee Maurits. who fought tb(»Spaniards. Prince William, who heoameKing of England. FAMOUS SOVEREIGNS OF THE HOUSE OF 98 THE AMERICAN REVIEW OF REVIEWS.
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