He was the corrupter of the empire--he conquered Germany in the French spirit--he was a hero of a falling destiny.
Berlin continued it after his death; great men always bequeath the impulse of their spirit to their country.

The reign of Frederic had at least one happy result: religious tolerance arose in Germany from the very contempt in which Frederic had held religious creeds.

Under the wing of this toleration the spirit of philosophy had organised occult associations, after the image of freemasonry.

The German princes were initiated.

It was thought an act of superior mind to penetrate into those shadows, which, in reality, included nothing beyond some general principles of humanity and virtue, with no direct application to civil institutions.