Origin of the Bismarck Policy Author:Frederick Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: X. On Dress. Had my grandfather lived twenty years longer, we might have been ruined, because his birthdays would have exhausted the whole of our kingdom's... more » revenues. I never wear any thing else but my military uniform. The army believe that I do so on account of the great esteem I have for their profession, and I leave them under that impression ; but, in truth, it is to give them the example. My father was perfectly right in adopting blue coats for gala days. When men are not rich, and want to dress well, they must adopt a full military costume. Of Pleasures. Love is a god who spares no one: when we resist the darts which he shoots openly, he changes his tactics. Thus, take my word for it, do not be vain enough to try to resist him: he will always outwit you. i Although I have no reason to complain of the tricks he has played upon me, I advise you, however, not to follow my example. It might, in course of time, produce evil results: all your governors and officers would live rather for their pleasures than for. your glory, and very soon your army would act as your uncle Henry's regiment. I would have been fond of hunting, but the accounts of your grandfather's master of the hounds took that fancy from my head. My father told me many a time, that there were only two kings in Europe wealthy enough tohunt the stag, because it is unbecoming for a crowned head to go hunting like a mere nobleman. Nature has endowed me with rather moderate tastes and inclinations. I am fond of good cheer, — wine, coffee, and liquors; and yet my subjects think I am the most temperate prince in the world. When I dine in public, my German cook caters for me. I drink beer, and two or three glasses of wine in the course of the meal. When I am in my private apartment, my French cook do...« less