The Early Life of Moltke: A Lecture Delivered Before the University of Oxford, May 10, 1918 (Classic Reprint)

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Excerpt from The Early Life of Moltke: A Lecture Delivered Before the University of Oxford, May 10, 1918A few weeks later there was a great debate on colonial policy. Prince Bismarck, then Chancellorof the Empire, was replying, as I took my seat in the gallery, to some of his critics. When he sat down, Herr Windhorst, the clerical leader, rose to continue the attack. A master of irony, he began with a compliment. The Chan cellor, ' he said, to whom, under God, we owe the existence of the German Empire - and proceeded to dissect the Chancellor's recent action. When he ended, Bismarck again rose to reply. If', he said, the existence of the Empire is due to the services of any one man, it is not to me, but to the field-marshal who stands on the ¿oor of the House, that the gratitude of the nation is due.' Moltke was standing in the orchestra leaning easily against the wall that supported the stage from which Bismarck was speaking. Bismarck's reply to Windhorst lasted perhaps a quarter of an hour. At its close, instead of resuming his seat, he went down the steps on to the ¿oor of the house, turned round and walked up to Moltke, to whom, with a ponderous bow, he offered his hand. Moltke, without otherwise moving a muscle, grasped the offered hand, and by a gentle inclination of his head, accepted the Chancellor's homage.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.