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From Ilgertshofen, northwestward to Dittelstadt, Gamstadt, and other poor specks of villages in Gotha Territory, is ten or fifteen miles; from Dittelstadt eastward to Buttstadt and Buttelstadt, in Weimar Country, may be twenty-five: in this area, Friedrich, shifting about, chiefly for convenience of quarters, head-quarter Kirschleben for a while, Buttelstadt finally and longest, had to wander impatiently to and fro for four weeks and more; no work procurable, or none worth mentioning: in the humor of a man whose House is on fire, flaming out of every window, front and rear; who has run up with quenching apparatus; and cannot, being spell-bound, get the least bucket of it applied.
The more my old age is tranquil, and come to renounce everything, and make my retreat here a home and country, the more am I devoted to that Philosopher-King. "KIRSCHLEBEN, NEAR ERFURT, 17th SEPTEMBER, 1757. My dearest Sister, I find no other consolation but in your precious Letters. May Heaven reward so much virtue and such heroic sentiments!
His Answer on this occasion may be given, since we have it, lest there should not elsewhere be opportunity for a second specimen. "KIRSCHLEBEN, NEAB ERFURT, 20th September, 1757. "MADAM, Nothing could happen more glorious to my troops than that of fighting, Madam, under your eyes and for your defence. I wish their help could be useful to you; but I foresee the reverse.
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