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Quotation from History of Friedrich II of Prussia, Called Frederick the Great by Thomas Carlyle
“He is a King every inch of him, though without the trappings of a King”
History of Friedrich II of Prussia, Called Frederick the Great, Book I, Ch. I (Proem) (Project Gutenberg #2101)
The opening portrait of the old king riding about Potsdam in a worn soldier's coat.
Citation: "He is a King every inch of him, though without the trappings of a King" — Thomas Carlyle, History of Friedrich II of Prussia, Called Frederick the Great, Book I, Ch. I (Proem) (Project Gutenberg #2101). (id carlyle-frederick-the-great-q2)
