GERMANY 



The Mill of Sans Souci^ Potsdam 



NEAR TO THE SITE chosen by Frederick 

 the Great for his " Country Cottage " of 

 Sans Souci there stood a flour-mill, which had 

 been in the possession of its owner and his 

 forbears for a long period. Frederick wanted 

 the ground on which it stood to throw into the 

 gardens of his new residence, and he sent his 

 agent to buy it from the miller, but the miller 

 refused to sell his patrimony at any price. " Not 

 at any price ? " exclaimed the agent, exasperated 

 by the man's obstinate refusal. " Cannot the 

 King take it from you for nothing if he chooses ? " 

 " Why," returned the miller, " are there not 

 courts in Berlin where we can obtain justice ? " 

 Frederick was so delighted at the man's confi- 

 dence in the uprightness of the judges of his 

 royal courts that he forbore to press him further 



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