OK, that Lehndorff journal entry, in the context of all this, is amazing. By which I mean illuminating and heartbreaking and I'm really glad we have it.
Yeessss.
But I don't promise anything if I ever get to be King, because then the Devil takes hold of one.
You mean the same AW who wrote to Ulrike: "If I was a Swedish senator, I would give the King the power to do good, but I would also use the laws to limit his authority to stop him from committing injustices"? Yeah. That kind of self-awareness checks out.
Re: Brotherly Conduct II: The Main Act
Yeessss.
But I don't promise anything if I ever get to be King, because then the Devil takes hold of one.
You mean the same AW who wrote to Ulrike: "If I was a Swedish senator, I would give the King the power to do good, but I would also use the laws to limit his authority to stop him from committing injustices"? Yeah. That kind of self-awareness checks out.