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Quotation from History of Friedrich II of Prussia, Called Frederick the Great by Thomas Carlyle
“Friedrich's Life-battle is fought out; instead of suffering and sore labor, here is now rest”
History of Friedrich II of Prussia, Called Frederick the Great, Book XXI, Ch. IX (death, 17 August 1786) (Project Gutenberg #2121)
Carlyle's sentence on the moment of death, after the valet Strutzki has held the king upright for two hours.
Citation: "Friedrich's Life-battle is fought out; instead of suffering and sore labor, here is now rest" — Thomas Carlyle, History of Friedrich II of Prussia, Called Frederick the Great, Book XXI, Ch. IX (death, 17 August 1786) (Project Gutenberg #2121). (id carlyle-frederick-the-great-q9)
