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mildred_of_midgard ([personal profile] mildred_of_midgard) wrote in [personal profile] cahn 2021-03-14 01:20 pm (UTC)

Re: Le Diable: The Political Biography - B

Wow, there were so many things I meant to say yesterday, but 4 hours of sleep turned my memory into a sieve.

1.) Formey in his write up of Manteuffel says Old Dessauer (who disliked him of old) scored a point with Fritz by saying how ridiculous it looked for a prince at Fritz' age to still need a teacher to guide him.

I was going to say, I'm in my 30s and I have a teacher! Her name is Selena. ;)

More seriously, I'm curious whether this was before or after Fritz wrote

But, my dear Suhm, do not forget the tenderness which you owe to an infant whom you have not yet weaned in the school of philosophy. What would I have become? for I feel that I need your eyes to see, and that, losing sight of my guide, I run the risk of losing my way.

in June 1736, which is apparently when he still very much wants a teacher to guide him at his age.

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