The later period of my reign proved that I was not hostile to any party, with the exception of the ultrarSociallists; also, that I was not anti-Liberal. My most important Finance Minister was the PSberal, Miquel: my Minister of Commerce was the Liberal, Moeller: the leader of the Liberals, Herr yon Bennigsen, was Chief President of Hanover. I stood very close, especially in the second half of my reign, to an elderly Liberal deputy, whose acquaintance I made through
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