Frederick the Great discussion post 15

[cahn]

...I have nothing clever to say here, just really pleased this is still going :)
rheinsberg

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Re: Ch 11-13

[mildred_of_midgard]

And the answer is...we were all wrong! The quote from letter as reproduced by Donnersmarck and published in the bowdlerizing 19th century (1877):

tous les noms que j'ai pu parler et dont le grand Fédéric dans ses . . . . . . . . . mémoires ne dit pas le mot.

MacDonogh beats Ziebura for accurate quoting! You may now pick your jaws up off the floor. :P

I have to say, I did immediately doubt that a public speech would be given in the same register as a private letter, but I still trusted Ziebura over MacDonogh. Not the first time I've had to apologize to MacDonogh the Unreliable But Not Always.

Re: Ch 11-13

[cahn]

Lolololol! I am surprised :P Oh, OK, I somehow missed it was a private letter. That makes a little more sense :)

Re: Ch 11-13

[mildred_of_midgard]

Tell us how you really feel, Heinrich. :P