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Prince Otto

CHAPTER IV--IN WHICH THE PRINCE COLLECTS OPINIONS BY THE WAY
19/29

You will not misunderstand me,' he continued: 'a country in the condition in which we find Grunewald, a prince such as your Prince Otto, we must explicitly condemn; they are behind the age.

But I would look for a remedy not to brute convulsions, but to the natural supervenience of a more able sovereign.

I should amuse you, perhaps,' added the licentiate, with a smile, 'I think I should amuse you if I were to explain my notion of a prince.

We who have studied in the closet, no longer, in this age, propose ourselves for active service.

The paths, we have perceived, are incompatible.


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