1 | Bismarck was enormously powerful in his 26 years as Prussia' s political leader. | |
2 | "It is hard to be king under Bismarck, " sighed the sovereign. | |
3 | Whether we like it or not, we are going back to the pre-Bismarckian world, where work had no formal stopping point. | |
4 | Though the king was unhappy about the speech, he steadfastly backed Bismarck and would do so in subsequent conflicts. | |
5 | Much to the dismay of Queen Augusta, the king' s wife, Bismarck had near-hypnotic powers over William. |