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selittleuntries,andonlyfiftytofa

    totalofrethanthreehundredhadsurvivedtheyear1806.

    duringtheyearsofthegreatstruggleforindependeny

    ayoungsoldierhaddreadofaneherlandthatshould

    bestrongandunited.buttherebenounionhouta

    strongleadership,ahisleader

    theresinthegernspeakinglands.

    therulersofthese,austriaandprussia,werekingsby

    thegraceofgod.therulersofthreeothers,bavaria,saxony

    andberg,hegraapoleon,and

    astheyhadbeehfulhenperor,their

    patriotireditanshereforenotvery

    good.

    thengresshadestablishedaneanion,

    aleagueofthirtyeightsnstates,uhechairnship

    ofthekingofaustria,he

    eerorofaustria.itakeshiftarra

    a,

    etintheoldronationcityoffrankfort.hadbeen

    attersof``npolidiortance.

    butinthisdiet,thirtyeightdelegatesrepresehirtyeight

    differentisandasnodecisionuldbetakenhouta

    
    ous

    gernionbecaverysoonthelaughingstock

    ofeuropeandthepolitipirebegantoresele

    thoseofourtralarieighboursiiesand

    thefiftiesofthelasttury.

    itiliatingtothepeoplerificed

    everythingforanationalideal.butthengress

    iedintheprivatefeelingsof``subjects,andthedebate

    losed.

    didanybodyobjectstassuredly.assoonasthefirst

    feelingofhatredagainstnapoleonhadquieteddownassoon

    astheenthusiasfthegreatwarhadsubsidedassoonas

    thepeopleethathadbeen

    ttedinthenaof``peadstabilitytheybeganto

    rr.theyevehreatsofope.but

    uldtheydotheyercy

    ofthestpitilessaheworldhad

    everseen.

    theersofthengressofviennaholyandsincerely

    believedthat``therevolutionaryprinciplehadledto

    theereeror

    napoleon.theyfeltthattheyoeradicate

    theadherentsofthesocalled``frenchideasjustasphilipii

    hadonlyfollohevoiewhenhebued

    protestantsedors.inthebeginningofthesixteenth

    turyanbelieveinthedivineright

    ofthepopetorulehissubjectsashesaic

    andit.inthe

    beginningofthehtury,oiofeurope,

    anbelieveinthedivinerightofhiskingto

    rulehisheorhisprinistersa,id

    ittothe

    polidseethathegotpunished.

    buttherulersoftheyear1815hadleaedeffi

    thesedtheirtaskch

    betterthanithadbeeheyear1517.theperiod

    betheyear1815andthe

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