Excerpt from The North American Review, Vol. 131 Prince Bismarck's sentiments toward America are mainly those of the German people as a whole so that it is enough to say that these sentiments may be further explained by the fact that the tem per of the American people and that of our great regenerator have some qualities in common with each other, of which I need only mention here the daring and far-sighted policy, the bold and per sistent triumph over all difficulties, and, above all, the realistic views and treatment of affairs observable in the entire conduct of them both. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.