(April, 1815, to Countess Erdody.)
257. “Force, which is a unit, will always prevail against the majority
which is divided.”
(Conversation-book, 1819.)
258. “Kings and Princes can create professors and councillors, and
confer orders and decorations; but they can not create great men,
spirits that rise above the earthly rabble; these they can not create,
and therefore they are to be respected.”
(August 15, 1812, to Bettina von Arnim.)