History of Friedrich II of Prussia

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History of Friedrich II of Prussia Thomas Carlyle

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  afterwhichHirschwrites:)\"APROUVE,A。Hirschel。\"[Sic:thatisalwayshisSIGNATURE;\"AbrahamHirschEL,\"sogivenbyKlein,whileKleinandeverybodyCALLhimHirsch(STAG),aswehavedone,——ifonlytosaveasyllableonthebadbargain。]Andbetweenthesetwolines(\"……1750\"and\"APPROVED……\"),thereiscrushedin,asafterthought,\"VALUEDBYMYSELF[Hirsch’sself],2,940,ADD60,IS

  3,000。\"And,infine,belowtheHirschsignature,onwhatmaybecalledthebottommargin,thereis,——Ithink,avowedlyVoltaire’sandsubsequent,——this:\"N。B。thatHirsch’svaluingofallthejewels[presentlotandformerlot]is,byrealestimation,betweentwiceandthricetoohigh;\"ofwhich,itishoped,yourLordshipswilltakenotice!

  WasthereeverseensuchaPaper;oneendofitcontradictingtheother?PaymentTOM。deVoltaire,andpaymentBYM。deVoltaire;——

  withotherblottingsandfoistings,whichprintanditalicswillnotrepresent!HirschdeniesheeversignedthisPaper。Isnotthatyourwriting,then:\"APROUVE,A。Hirschel\"?——\"No!\"andtheyconvicthimoffalsityinthatrespect:thesignatureIShis,butthePaperhasbeenalteredsincehesignedit。Thatiswhatthepoordarkmortalmeanttoexpress;andinhismulishway,hehasexpressedintoafalsitywhatwasinitselfatruth。Thereisnot,oncandidexaminationofKlein’sFac—similesandtheotherevidence,thesmallestdoubtbutVoltairealtered,addedandintercalated,inhisownprivacy,thosewordswhichwehaveprintedinitalics;

  TAXESchangedintoTAXABLES(\"estimatedat\"into\"estimableat\"),HIMforME,andsoon;andaboveall,thenowfirstlineofthePaper,FORPAYMENTOF3,000THALERSBYMEDUE,andinlastlinethewordsVALUEDBYMYSELF,&c。,arepalpableinterpolations,sheerfalsifications,whichHirschismadetocontinuesigningafterhisbackisturned!

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