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Quotation from History of Friedrich II of Prussia, Called Frederick the Great by Thomas Carlyle

“Death is sweet for a Prince I love so well”

Thomas Carlyle (spoken by Hans Hermann von Katte (as reported by Carlyle from Wilhelmina and Preuss))

History of Friedrich II of Prussia, Called Frederick the Great, Book VII, Ch. IX ('Katte's End') (Project Gutenberg #2107)

Katte's reply to the crown prince's cry for pardon as he passes the window on the way to the scaffold at Cüstrin.

Citation: "Death is sweet for a Prince I love so well" — Thomas Carlyle, History of Friedrich II of Prussia, Called Frederick the Great, Book VII, Ch. IX ('Katte's End') (Project Gutenberg #2107). (id carlyle-frederick-the-great-q4)

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