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Title: Zigzag journeys in northwest lands. The Rhine to the Arctic
Year: 1884 (1880s)
Authors: Butterworth, Hezekiah, 1839-1905. (from old catalog)
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Publisher: Boston, Estes and Lauriat
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
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dier. It was the united action otthese three, as much as the valor of the Prussian army, which not only won thevictory, but gathered and garnered its fruits. All three of these men are still living (1882-83), and still active, each in hisown sphere. The hale old king, now emperor, shows, at the age of eighty-six, little lessening of his sturdy powers. Bismarck, at seventy, still swayswith his strong and stubborn will the affairs of the youthful empire. VonMoltke, at eighty-two, remains the foremost military figure of Germany. Von Moltke is a very interesting personage. From his earliest youth he hasfollowed the profession of arms. He has always been every inch a soldier.In the course of years, he became an absolute master of his art. He had mili-tary science at his fingers ends. In every emergency he knew just what to do NIGHT SECOND. 97 To be sure, he has not been one of those brilliant and dashing militarychiefs who, by their daring exploits and sudden triumphs, become heroes in the
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VON MOLTKE. eyes of men. He has been a careful, studious, deliberate commander, losingsight of nothing, ready for every exigency, looking well ahead, and closelycalculating upon every possibility of events. Yet the sturdy old soldier is by no means a dull man outside of his quartersor the barracks. In a quiet way, he enjoys life in many of its phases. He has 7 98 ZIGZAG JOURNEYS IN NORTHERN LANDS. always been a great reader on a great variety of subjects. He is known as oneof the most delightful letter-writers in Germany. He is fond, too, of poetry, andreads history a*nd fiction with much delight. There is a Roman simplicity about Von Moltkes daily life. He lives in abuilding which serves as the headquarters of the general staff of the army inBerlin. Promptly at seven oclock every morning, summer and winter, he entershis study, a plain room, with a table in the centre, covered with maps, papers,and books. There he takes his coffee, at the same time smoking a cigar. He proceedsat once

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