I remain impressed at how he managed to get Fritz to go, "Oh, yeah, my bad, thank god I have you to point out my mistakes," in a completely non-defensive, emotionally mature way. And having recently reread the letter in question, I can see just how veeeery skillfully Suhm couches his "That was a really bad idea, Fritz" feedback.
ahahahaha well we know now that Manteuffel wasn't... necessarily very good at that part of it, especially in his younger years :)
[personal profile] cahn, I know you like salon solving mysteries, and we might have one here, thanks to Selena!
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Re: Le Diable: The Political Biography - B
Date: 2021-03-14 01:10 am (UTC)Yeeeeah.
I remain impressed at how he managed to get Fritz to go, "Oh, yeah, my bad, thank god I have you to point out my mistakes," in a completely non-defensive, emotionally mature way. And having recently reread the letter in question, I can see just how veeeery skillfully Suhm couches his "That was a really bad idea, Fritz" feedback.
ahahahaha well we know now that Manteuffel wasn't... necessarily very good at that part of it, especially in his younger years :)
[personal profile] cahn, I know you like salon solving mysteries, and we might have one here, thanks to Selena!
:D