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Prince Bismarck and his Policy. 



the court, and met there for the first time Prince 

 William (now emperor), whose iron minister he after- 

 wards became. His athletic fi2:ure created a sensation. 

 Prince William asked him jocosely, " whether the law se- 

 lected its votaries by measure, as did the imperial guards." 



In 1840 he was transferred to the administration at 

 Aachen, which had for its president Count Arnim-Boitz- 

 enburg. His intercourse with Englishmen and French- 

 men was very extended. In the following year he was 

 transferred to Potsdam, where he served his year in the 

 Garde-Hunters. 



The time of trial now commenced. His father had mort- 

 gaged the family estate heavily, and the sons were called 

 upon to support the family. Otto was transferred to the 

 administration at Greifswalde, to be near the agricultural 

 academy at Eldena, in order to prepare himself for his fu- 

 ture vocation — agriculture. 



The united efforts of the brothers, to save the family 

 estate, were crowned with success. Both brothers shared 

 in the administration, and their mutual relation, which 

 terminated in 1844, was of the most affectionate nature. 



During this time Bismarck developed his taste for agri- 

 culture and hunting, which now gives him his purest pleas- 

 ures and surest recreation. Whatever his opponents may 

 say of him, all agree that he is a man of the warmest sympa- 

 thies, and that those in need find in him an ever ready 

 friend. 



Oct. 30, 1844, his only sister Malvina was married to a 

 friend of his youth, Herr Oscar von Arnim. One year 

 later his father died; the family circle was broken up ; the 

 estate divided, and Bismarck received Schoenhausen as 

 his portion of the inheritance. 



But a restless spirit like his could not be satisfied with 

 a life of comparative inactivity during a great part of the 

 year; belonged for a more active life. Two symptoms 



