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of Germany.
The Greek Revolution was hateful to Metternich, and he did what he could to prevent its success.
His intrigues in England certainly delayed the independence of Greece for two years and more.
He foresaw clearly enough that its independence would be a constant annoyance to the Austrian government,and so it has proved down to the present time.
Metternich imagined intrigues and revolution in every direction; and besides, there can be no doubt of the vindictiveness of his nature.
The cunning of the fox is not often combined with the supposed magnanimity of the lion.
The account of his arrest, which Doctor Howe gave George L. Stearns, differs very slightly from that in Sanborn's biography.
According to the former he persuaded the Prussian police, on the ground of decency, to remain outside his door until he could dress himself.
In this way he gained time to secrete his letters.
He tore one up and divided the small pieces in various places.
While he was doing this he noticed a bust of some king of Prussia on top of the high porcelain stove which forms a part of the furniture of every large room in Berlin.
Concluding it must be hollow he tipped it on edge and inserted the rest of his letters within.
The police never discovered this stratagem, but they searched his room in the most painstaking manner, collecting all the pieces of the letter he had
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