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  rtedthegreatnationalistic</p>

  revoltagainstnapoleon,ablood</p>

  oftheuntryfortheirking,he</p>

  ngressalloains.this</p>

  vireature,k</p>

  fouryearsofhislifeasaprisonerofnapoleon.hehadiroved</p>

  hisdaysbyknittinggarntsforthestatuesofhis</p>

  favouritepatronsaints.hecelebratedhisretubyreintrodug</p>

  theinquisitionaurechaer,bothofh</p>

  hadbeenabolishedbytherevolution.heing</p>

  person,despisedaschbyhissubjectsasbyhisfourwives,</p>

  buttheholyallianate</p>

  throneandalleffortsofthedetspaniardstogetridofthis</p>

  endedin</p>

  bloodshedaions.</p>

  palhadbeenhoutakingsiheyear1807when</p>

  theroyalfalyhadfledtotheloniesinbrazil.theuntry</p>

  hadbeenusedasabaseofsupplyforthearesof</p>

  thepeninsula1808</p>

  until1814.after1815palntiobeasortof</p>

  britishproviilthehouseauedtothe</p>

  throne,leavisersbehindinriodejaneiro</p>

  aseerorofbrazil,theonlyarieireed</p>

  forrethaoanendin1889</p>

  earepublic.</p>

  i,nothingprovetheterriblenditions</p>

  ofboththeslavsandthegreeksillsubjects</p>

  ofthesultan.intheyear1804blackgee,aservian</p>

  shefouhekarageeviastyhad</p>

  startedarevoltagainsttheturks,buthehadbeeed</p>

  byhiseneesandhadbeenrderedbyoneofhissupposed</p>

  friends,therivalservianleader,calledloshobrenovich,</p>

  ethefouheobrenoviastyandthe</p>

  turkshadntiobetheundisputedstersofthe</p>

  balkans.</p>

  thegreeks,helossoftheirindependewo</p>

  thousandyearsbefore,hadbeensubjeaians,</p>

  therons,theveiansaurks,hadhopedthattheir</p>

  untryn,capodistria,anativeofrfuandtogether</p>

  ostintitepersonalfriendsof</p>

  alexahingforthebutthengress</p>

  ofviennauch</p>

  iedinkeepingall``legititenarhristian,</p>

  slendotherheirrespectivethroherefore</p>

  nothingwasdone.</p>

  thelast,butperhapsthegreatestbluhengress</p>

  entofgerny.therefortionandthe</p>

  thirtyyearsoroyedtheprosperityofthe</p>

  untry,buthadtueditintoahopelesspoliticalrubbish</p>

  heap,nsistingofaupleofkingdo,afehies,</p>

  alargenuerofduargravates,principalities,</p>

  baronies,electorates,freecitiesandfreevillages,</p>

  ruledbythestraassortntofpotehatwasever</p>

  seenofftheiperastage.frederickthegreathad</p>

  gedthisedastrongprussia,butthisstate</p>

  hadnotsurvivedhiynyyears.</p>

  napoleonhadbluepehedendforindependence</p>

  ofstoftheselittleuntries,andonlyfiftytofa</p>

  totalofrethanthreehundredhadsurvivedtheyear1806.</p>

  duringtheyearsofthegreatstruggleforindependeny</p>

  ayoungsoldierhaddreadofaneherlandthatshould</p>

  bestrongandunited.buttherebenounionhouta</p>

  strongleadership,ahisleader</p>

  theresinthegernspeakinglands.</p>

  therulersofthese,austriaandprussia,werekingsby</p>

  thegraceofgod.therulersofthreeothers,bavaria,saxony</p>

  andberg,hegraapoleon,and</p>

  astheyhadbeehfulhenperor,their</p>

  patriotireditanshereforenotvery</p>

  good.</p>

  thengresshadestablishedaneanion,</p>

  aleagueofthirtyeightsnstates,uhechairnship</p>

  ofthekingofaustria,he</p>

  eerorofaustria.itakeshiftarra</p>

  a,</p>

  etintheoldronationcityoffrankfort.hadbeen</p>

  attersof``npolidiortance.</p>

  butinthisdiet,thirtyeightdelegatesrepresehirtyeight</p>

  differentisandasnodecisionuldbetakenhouta</p>

  <rulehhadinprevious</p>

  ous</p>

  gernionbecaverysoonthelaughingstock</p>

  ofeuropeandthepolitipirebegantoresele</p>

  thoseofourtralarieighboursiiesand</p>

  thefiftiesofthelasttury.</p>

  itiliatingtothepeoplerificed</p>

  everythingforanationalideal.butthengress</p>

  iedintheprivatefeelingsof``subjects,andthedebate</p>

  losed.</p>

  didanybodyobjectstassuredly.assoonasthefirst</p>

  feelingofhatredagainstnapoleonhadquieteddownassoon</p>

  astheenthusiasfthegreatwarhadsubsidedassoonas</p>

  thepeopleethathadbeen</p>

  ttedinthenaof``peadstabilitytheybeganto</p>

  rr.theyevehreatsofope.but</p>

  uldtheydotheyercy</p>

  ofthestpitilessaheworldhad</p>

  everseen.</p>

  theersofthengressofviennaholyandsincerely</p>

  believedthat``therevolutionaryprinciplehadledto</p>

  theereeror</p>

  napoleon.theyfeltthattheyoeradicate</p>

  theadherentsofthesocalled``frenchideasjustasphilipii</p>

  hadonlyfollohevoiewhenhebued</p>

  protestantsedors.inthebeginningofthesixteenth</p>

  turyanbelieveinthedivineright</p>

  ofthepopetorulehissubjectsashesaic</p>

  andit.inthe</p>

  beginningofthehtury,oiofeurope,</p>

  anbelieveinthedivinerightofhiskingto</p>

  rulehisheorhisprinistersa,id</p>

  ittothe</p>

  polidseethathegotpunished.</p>

  buttherulersoftheyear1815hadleaedeffi</p>

  thesedtheirtaskch</p>

  betterthanithadbeeheyear1517.theperiod</p>

  betheyear1815andthe</p>

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