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54 LAW 11
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