BROTHERS AND SISTERS. 125 



reliable assistant in my first technical undertakings, in 

 particular helping me in laying down the first under- 

 ground wires. 



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I have already related that my brothers William, 

 Frederick, and Charles, followed me in 1848 to Kiel 

 and Friedrichsort. The powerful national feeling, that 

 had everywhere been aroused in Germany, left them 

 no peace at home. To William I entrusted the con- 

 struction and command of the battery, which I had 

 caused to be erected in Laboe opposite the Friedrichs- 

 ort fort, whilst Frederick and Charles entered the 

 service of the newly formed Schleswig-Holstein army 

 as volunteers, and remained in the service till the con- 

 clusion of the armistice. On this occasion we arranged 

 that Frederick should continue his technical education 

 in England under William's guidance. Charles entered 

 a chemical factory in Berlin, which he however soon 

 quitted in order to assist me in laying down and re- 

 pairing the telegraph lines. In the year 1851 he was 

 together with Frederick the representative of the Berlin 

 factory at the London Universal Exhibition, and carried 

 on with ability the business negotiations which resulted 



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therefrom. A branch in Paris, which we next founded 

 under his management, did not bring indeed the hoped- 

 for fruits, but contributed much to his social arid 

 business training. 



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Of the two youngest brothers Walter had come 

 at the same time as Charles from Ltibeck to Berlin 

 and attended school there. Otto I placed in a 

 grammar-school at Halle, as my time was too much 



