2 letters from ludwig to bismarck in 1880

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Two letters from Ludwig to Bismarck in 1880
The unification had already happened and Ludwig had already withdrawn and entered his fantasy world.

WILLIAM I. ar BISMARCK WITH OTHER LETTERS from and to PRINCE BISMARCK Translated by J. A. FORD • With Portrait and Facsimile Letters in two volumes , volume two  NEW YORK- FREDERICK A. STOKES COMPANY • PUBLISHERS
HARVARD UNIVERSITY LIBRARY Copyright, 1903, By Frederick A. Stokes Company. Published in May, 1903. All rights reserved.

189 

King Ludwig II. of Bavaria to Bismarck. 

Schloss Berg, May 17, '80. 

My Dear Prince Bismarck, 

I thank you most heartily for sending me the bill respect ing the Church Laws, which is to be introduced into the Prussian Landtag, and for accompanying it with such a lucid exposition of the situation. I am deeply grieved, how ever, my dear Prince, to find that you have subjoined the announcement of your intended retirement from office. You know the measure of sincere esteem and of unqualified con fidence which I bear unquenchably in my heart towards you, and can judge from that how keenly I must feel the realisation of your purpose. Although affairs in the Reichs tag may not always assume the most desirable form, the Federal Council will always, my dear Prince, gladly stand by you unchangeably on the federative basis of the constitution. My Government, which never for a moment deviated from that basis, was always supported by the consciousness that it was at one with the man to whose eminent statesmanlike foresight and labours Germany owes her new greatness, which has been achieved in such a manner that the necessary independence and strength of the individual States have not only not been curtailed, but have been increased through the Federal consolidation. The continuance of such principles assures to the common Fatherland times of peace and of power. The more ardently desire this, and the more I am resolved always to do my utmost towards this end, the less willing I am to relinquish the hope that the affairs of Germany may remain for long years to come under your irreplaceable guidance. Receive, my dear Prince, the renewed assurance of my especial esteem, 

with which I am, 

Your sincere friend, 

Ludwig. 

190 

King Ludwig II. of Bavaria to Bismarck. 

Schloss Berg, June 15, '80. 

My Dear Prince Bismarck, 

I tender you my best thanks for your letter of the 9th inst.,* the enclosure to which interested me exceedingly. I esteem your communications very highly, both for the extreme importance of their contents, and for the fact that they are a mark of kindly attention, and trust you will con tinue them. I hear that you will soon be at Kissingen. You know, my dear Prince, how sincere is my wish for your welfare; I shall always rejoice at the fulfilment of these wishes, 

for I am, 

Your sincere friend, 

Ludwig.