BLOOD and IRON

Origin of German Empire
As Revealed by Character
of Its Founder, Bismarck

BY

JOHN HUBERT GREUSEL

THE SHAKESPEARE PRESS
114-116 E. 28th St.
New York
1915

Copyright, 1915, John Hubert Greusel

Dedicated to
Stella
My Wife

CONTENTS

• BOOK THE FIRST: BISMARCK’S HUMAN ESSENCE
• Chapter I—The Man Himself
• 1. The Giant’s Ponderous Hammer
• 2. Grossly Human Is Our Bismarck
• 3. Despite Political Bogs
• 4. Genius Combined with Foibles
• Chapter II—Blood Will Tell
• 5. Iron-headed Ancestry
• 6. Animal Basis of Rise to Power
• 7. “The Wooden Donkey Dies Today!”
• Chapter III—The Gothic Cradle
• 8. The Child of Destiny
• 9. Soft Carl, Spartan Louise
• Chapter IV—Sunshine and Shadow
• 10. Amazing Powers of Hereditary Traits
• 11. The Wolf’s Breed
• 12. Twenty-eight Duels!
• 13. Fizzle of First Official Service
• BOOK THE SECOND: THE GERMAN NATIONAL PROBLEM
• Chapter V—The Great Sorrow
• 14. The German Crazy Quilt
• 15. The Diamond Necklace
• Chapter VI—Prussia’s De Profundis
• 16. The Lash and the Kiss
• 17. The Prussian Downfall
• 18. Prussia Becomes Germany
• 19. Kingcraft Comes Upon Evil Days
• 20. The Star of Hope
• 21. The King Keeps Reading His Bible
• 22. The Deluge
• BOOK THE THIRD: BISMARCK SUPPORTS HIS KING
• Chapter VII—Fighting Fire with Fire
• 23. Voice in the Wilderness
• 24. The Young Giant
• 25. Speechless for One Whole Month
• 26. Bellowing His Defiance
• Chapter VIII—Bismarck Suffers a Great Shock
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