To-day the deaths are announced of two great men, one a King the other (according; to the Moraing Post) "the most learn man in Europe." With King Albert of Saxony dies the last survivor of the group of great soldiers who in 1870 made Germany's position what it is today. As Crown Prince he led the Saxon corps, and at Gravelotte dealt a decisive blow to the French army, a little making of history. Three years later he became King of any. Lord Acton, whose death is likewise recorded, is said to have been the greatest authority on—matters historical in the world, the friend and adviser of all schools of historians. A strict Roman Catholic but not an Ultramontune, a man whose loss will be severely felt by men of all shades of opinion.
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