Note 241 — Chapter V
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He was quoting Frederick the Great (Bülow, I, 242). See Metternich to Bülow, Nov. 19, 1901, G.P., XVII, 194 f., No. 5073; Bülow to Metternich, Nov. 26, 1901, ibid., 195 ff., No. 5074; Metternich to F. O., Nov. 26, 1901, ibid., 197 ff., No. 5075; Buchanan to Lansdowne, Nov. 20, 1901, B.D., I, 263, No. 325; Lansdowne to Buchanan, Nov. 26 and Dec. 3, 1901, ibid., 263, No. 326; 265, No. 328; Lansdowne to Lascelles, Jan. 14, 1902, ibid., 266 f., Nos. 329 f.; Lascelles to Lansdowne, Jan. 16, 1902, ibid., 268 f., No. 332. Cf. Chirol, p. 297; Gwynn, I, 350.