![]() ![]() ![]() Afterwards Disraeli warned the Austrian envoy: “Take care of that man. I have come here to say this to the Queen’s ministers.įor clarity of intent, this is hard to beat. As soon as the army shall have been brought into such a condition to inspire respect, I shall seize the first best pretext to declare war against Austria, dissolve the German Diet, subdue the minor states, and give national unity to Germany under Prussian leadership. My first care will be to reorganize the army, with or without the help of the Landtag. I shall soon be compelled to undertake the conduct of the Prussian government. On this occasion, Bismarck, on the verge of assuming power, spelled out his plans for Prussian greatness under his leadership: Among those who had a chance to observe the Prussian statesman up close was Benjamin Disraeli, who as leader of the Tory opposition first met Bismarck at the Russian ambassador’s residence in London in the summer of 1862. O tto von bismarck may have had his share of shortcomings, but a lack of ambition wasn’t one of them. ![]()
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