Note 28 — PRINCE BISMARCK'S CHARACTER.
Reading edition
In the play, Charles V. has a long conference with Franz, but ends by saying of him what Bismarck must have said to himself about Lassalle: “The man is great, but his is not the greatness which I seek, and which I can employ.”
“Der mann ist gross, doch ist es nicht die Grösse, Welche ich suche und gebrauchen kann.”