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of the German crown and with members of the parlia- 

 ment very interesting. The character of German public 

 men is deservedly high, and a diplomatist fit to represent 

 his country should bring all his study and experience 

 to bear in eliciting information likely to be useful to his 

 country from these as well as from all other sorts and 

 conditions of men. My own acquaintance among these 

 was large. I find in my diaries accounts of conversations 

 with such men as Bismarck, Camphausen, Delbriick, Windt- 

 horst, Bennigsen, George von Bunsen, Lasker, Treitschke, 

 Gneist, and others; but to take them up one after the 

 other would require far too much space, and I must be 

 content to jot down what I received from them wher- 

 ever, in the course of these reminiscences, it may seem 

 pertinent. 



