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around
him,

hedecidedthatthesideto

ally

himselfwithwasnot

the

par

liament’sliberalsor
conservatives,

not

anyparticular

minister,

andcer-

tainly

notthe

people.

Itwas
withthe

king,

FrederickWilliamIV.Thiswas

anoddchoiceto
say

the

least,

forFrederick
wasata
low
point

of
his
power.

A
weak,
indecisive
man,
he

consistentlygave

in
totheliberalsin
pa1:lia~

merit;

infacthewas

spineless,

andstoodformuchthatBismarck
disliked,

personally

and

politically.

YetBismarckcourtedFrederick

night

and
day.

When
other

deputies

attackedthe

king

forhis
manyinept
moves,
only

Bis-

marckstood

by

him.

Finally,

itall

paid

off:In 1851 Bismarckwasmadeaministerinthe

king’s

cabinet.Nowhewenttowork.Timeand

again

heforcedthe

king’s

hand,
getting

himtobuild
up

the

military,

tostand
up

tothe
liberals,

todo

exactly

as
Bismarckwished.He
worked
on
Frederick’s
insecurity

abouthis

manliness,

challenging

him
to
befirm andtorulewith

pride.

Andhe

slowly

restoredthe

king’spowers

untilthe

monarchy

wasonce

again

the

most

powerful

forceinPrussia.

When Frederick
died,

in
1861,

his brother William assumed the

throne.WilliamdislikedBismarck

intensely

andhadnointentionof
keep

ing

himaround.
Buthealso
inheritedthesamesituationhis
brotherhad:

enemies

galore,

whowantedtonibblehis
poweraway.

He

actually

consid-

ered

abdicating,feeling

helackedthe

strength

todealwiththis

dangerous

and

precariousposition.

ButBismarckinsinuatedhimselfonce

again.

He

stood

by

the
new

king,gave

him

strength,

and

urged

himintofirmandde

cisive
action.
The

kinggrewdependent

onBismarck’s
strong-arm

tacticsto

keep

hisenemiesat

bay,

and

despite

his

antipathy

towardthe
man,
hesoon

made himhis
prime

minister. Thetwo

quarreled

oftenover
policy———

Bismarckwasmuchmoreconservative——butthe

king

understoodhisown

dependency.

Wheneverthe
prime

ministerthreatenedto

resign,

the
king

gave

in
to
him,
time
after
time.
ItwasinfactBismarckwhosetstate

policy.

Years
later,

Bismarck’s
actionsasPn1ssia’s
prime

minister
ledthevari

ousGermanstatestobeunitedintoone
country.

NowBismarck

finagled

the

king

into

letting

himselfbecrowned
emperor

of

Germany.

Yetitwas

really

Bismarckwhohadreachedthe

heights

of
power.

As
rigl1t—hand

man

tothe
emperor,

andas

imperial

chancellor
zmd

knightedprince,

he

pulled

allthelevers.

lnterpretalion

Most
young

andambitious

politicianslooking

outonthe

politicallandscape

of 18405

Germany

would
havetried
tobuilda
power

base
among

those

withthemost
power.

Bismarcksawdifferent.
Joining

forceswiththe
pow-

erfulcanbefoolish:
They

willswallow
you
up,just

asthe

(loge

ofVenice

swallowed
up

theCountof

Carmagnola.

Noonewillcometo

depend

on

you

if

they

are

alreadystrong.

If
you

are
ambitious,

itismuchwisertoseek

outweak
rulersormasters
with
whom
you

cancreatea

relationship

of do

pendency.

Youbecometheir

strength,

their

intelligence,

their

spine.

What

poweryou

hold!If

theygot

ridof
you

thewholeedificewould

collapse.
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