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BOOK XI. ? FRIEDRICH TAKES THE REINS IN HAND. ? June-December, 1740.
Chapter I. ? PHENOMENA OF FRIEDRICH'S ACCESSION. FRIEDRICH WILL MAKE MEN HAPPY: CORN-MAGAZINES. ABOLITION OF LEGAL TORTURE. WILL HAVE PHILOSOPHERS ABOUT HIM, AND A REAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES. AND EVERY ONE SHALL GET TO HEAVEN IN HIS OWN WAY. FREE PRESS, AND NEWSPAPERS THE BEST INSTRUCTORS. INTENDS TO BE PRACTICAL WITHAL, AND EVERY INCH A KING. BEHAVIOR TO HIS MOTHER; TO HIS WIFE. NO CHANGE IN HIS FATHER'S METHODS OR MINISTRIES. Chapter II. ? THE HOMAGINGS. FRIEDRICH ACCEPTS THE HOMAGES, PERSONALLY, IN THREE PLACES. Chapter III. ? FRIEDRICH MAKES AN EXCURSION, NOT OF DIRECT SORT INTO THE CLEVE COUNTRIES. FRIEDRICH STRIKES OFF TO THE LEFT, AND HAS A VIEW OF STRASBURG FOR TWO DAYS. FRIEDRICH FINDS M. DE MAUPERTUIS; NOT YET M. DE VOLTAIRE. Chapter IV. ? VOLTAIRE'S FIRST INTERVIEW WITH FRIEDRICH. PARTICULARS OF FIRST INTERVIEW, ON SEVERE SCRUTINY. WHAT VOLTAIRE THOUGHT OF THE INTERVIEW TWENTY YEARS AFTERWARDS. WHAT VOLTAIRE THOUGHT OF THE INTERVIEW AT THE TIME. |