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Title: Zigzag journeys in northwest lands. The Rhine to the Arctic
Year: 1884 (1880s)
Authors: Butterworth, Hezekiah, 1839-1905. (from old catalog)
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Publisher: Boston, Estes and Lauriat
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
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THE EMPEROR WILLIAM AND NAPOLEON III. the completion of his eighty-sixth year, but — what is still more striking—at thesame time marked the seventy-sixth year of his service as an officer in the Prus-sian army. ■* It is related that, on the 22d of March, 1807, on which day William was justten years old, his father, then King of Prussia, called him into his study andsaid, — j& 64 ZIGZAG JOURNEYS IN NORTHERN LANDS. My son, I appoint you an officer in my army. You will serve in CompanyNo. i of the First Guard Regiment. The little prince drew himself up, gave his father a prompt military salute,and retired. An hour later he reappeared before the king, attired in the uniformof his new rank ; and, repeating the salute, announced to his royal father that hewas ready for duty.Even at so earlyan age, William wasno fancy soldier,holding rank andtitle, and leaving to
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WILLIAM BEFORE HIS FATHER. humbler officers the duties and hardships. Heat once devoted himself to the task of a juniorensign ; and from that time onward became an officer in truth, laboring zeal-ously to master the military science, and rising step by step, not by favor, butby merit and seniority. At the age of eighteen, William was in Bluchers army at Waterloo, takingan active part in the overthrow of Napoleon, and witnessing that mighty down-fall. A little later, he was promoted to the rank of major for cool courage underheavy fire ; and from that time on, for nearly half a century, William devotedhimself wholly to the military profession. When he ascended the Prussian throne, there was no more unpopular manin the kingdom. He had put down the revolutionary rising in Berlin with grimand relentless hand; and the people believed that their new monarch was acruel and haughty tyrant. It was not until after the great triumph over Austria, in 1866, that the Prus- GERMAN STORIES. 65 sians

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