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History of Friedrich II. of Prussia
Vol. XV. (of XXI.)

CHAPTER XV
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A bad game that: always, mere CHECK TO YOUR KING; no other move;--I refer it to you, friend D'Arget:--in fine, I wish to be at peace.' "I represented to him that the House of Austria would never, with a tranquil eye, see his House in possession of Silesia.

'Those that come after me,' said he, 'will do as they like; the Future is beyond man's reach.

Those that come after will do as they can.

I have acquired; it is theirs to preserve.

I am not in alarm about the Austrians;--and this is my answer to what you have been saying about the weakness of my guarantees.


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