Excerpt from The Life of Frederick the Great: Comprehending a Complete History of the Silesian Campaign and the Thirty Years' War Founder of the present monarchy of Prussia, his name will descend to distant ages as the most uncompromising champion of his country's rights: time will but confirm his title to the flattering distinction which his country men have conferred in styling him the great. 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.