Today's installment concludes Consolidation of Germany,our selection from Prince Bismarck by Charles Lowe.If you have journeyed through all of

The Antisocialist Law was most stringent instrument of repression of any government in Europe. It was repeatedly prolonged by Parliament.Continuing

A narrow particularism could not be laid to the charge of Bismarck, who had practically ceased to be a Prussian with the trumpet-call of

An appeal to fear," said Bismarck once, "never found an echo in German hearts," but an appeal to them about their armor ever had.Continuing

If he had learned nothing else, he said, he had learned modesty. Certainly a more unaffected mortal never breathed.Continuing Consolidation of