"Seine militärischen Erfolge haben bei ihm keinen Stolz noch Eitelkeiten hervorgerufen wie es geschehen wäre, wären diese für eigene Zwecke erlangt worden. In der Zeit seiner größten Macht bewahrte er die gleiche Einfachheit in seinem Benehmen und seinem Erscheinen wie in den Tagen der Not. So weit entfernt von Königsgebaren, war er verärgert, wurden ihm beim Betreten eines Raumes ungewöhnliche Ehrerbietungen dargebracht."
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Washington Irving
1783 – 1859
US-amerikanischer Schriftsteller
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