has　ended　me　forever；　what　will　the　uncertain　honor　of　living　in　the　Temple　of　Memory　avail？　One　moment　of　practical　happiness　is　worth　a　thousand　years　of　imaginary　in　such　Temple。Is　the　lot　of　high　people　so　very　sweet；　then？　Pleasure；　gentle　ease；　true　and　hearty　mirth；　have　always　fled　from　the　great　and　their　peculiar　pomps　and　labors。
  〃No；　it　is　not　fickle　Fortune　that　has　ever　caused　my　sorrows；　let　her　smile　her　blandest；　let　her　frown　her　fiercest　on　me；　I　should　sleep　every　night；　refusing　her　the　least　worship。　But　our　respective　conditions　are　our　law；　we　are　bound　and　commanded　to　shape　our　temper　to　the　employment　we　have　undertaken。　Voltaire　in　his　hermitage；　in　a　Country　where　is　honesty　and　safety；　can　devote　himself　in　peace　to　the　life　of　the　Philosopher；　as　Plato　has　described　it。　But　as　to　me；　threatened　with　shipwreck；　I　must　consider　how；　looking　the　tempest　in　the　face；　I　can　think；　can　live　and　can　die　as　a　King：
  Pour　moi；　menace　du　naufrage；　　　　　　　　　　Je　dois；　en　affrontant　l'orage；　　　　　　　　　　Penser；　vivre　et　mourir　en　roi。〃　　＇　OEuvres；　　xxiii。　14。＇
  This　is　of　October　9th；　this　ends；　worthily；　the　Lamentation…　Psalms；　work　having　now　turned　up；　which　is　a　favorable　change。　Friedrich's　notion　of　suicide；　we　perceive；　is　by　no　means　that　of　puking　up　one's　existence；　in　the　weak　sick　way　of　FELO　DE　SE；　but；　far　different；　that　of　dying；　if　he　needs　must；　as　seems　too　likely；　in　uttermost　spasm　of　battle　for　self　and　rights　to　the　last。　From　which　latter　notion　nobody　can　turn　him。　A　valiantly　definite；　lucid　and　shiningly　practical　soul；with　such　a　power　of　always　expectorating　himself　into　clearness　again。　If　he　do　frankly　wager　his　life　in　that　manner；　beware；　ye　Soubises；　Karls　and　flaccid　trivial　persons；　of　the　stroke　that　may　chance　to　lie　in　him！
  III。　RUMOR　OF　AN　INROAD　ON　BERLIN　SUDDENLY　SETS　FRIEDRICH　ON　MARCH　THITHER：　INROAD　TAKES　EFECT；WITH　IMPORTANT　RESULTS；　CHIEFLY　IN　A　LEFT…HAND　FORM。
  October　llth；　express　arrived；　important　express　from　General　Finck　（who　is　in　Dresden；　convalescent　from　Kolin；　and　is　even　Commandant　there；　of　anything　there　is　to　command）；　〃That　the　considerable　Austrian　Brigade　or　Outpost；　which　was　left　at　Stolpen　when　the　others　went　for　Silesia；　is　all　on　march　for　Berlin。〃　Here　is　news！　〃The　whole　15；000　of　them；〃　report　adds；though　it　proved　to　be　only　a　Detachment；　picked　Tolpatches　mostly；　and　of　nothing　like　that　strength；　shot　off；　under　a　swift　General　Haddick；　on　this　errand。　Between　them　and　Berlin　is　not　a　vestige　of　force；　and　Berlin　itself　has　nothing　but　palisades；　and　perhaps　a　poor　4；000　of　garrison。　〃March　instantly；　you　Moritz；　who　lie　nearest；　cross　Elbe　at　Torgau；　I　follow　instantly！〃　orders　Friedrich；　＇His　Message　to　Moritz；　ORLICH；　p。　73；　Rodenbeck；　p。　322　（dubious；　or　wrong）。＇and　that　same　night　is　on　march；　or　has　cavalry　pushed　ahead　for　reinforcement　of　Moritz。
  Friedrich；　not　doubting　but　there　would　be　captaincy　and　scheme　among　his　Enemies；　considered　that　the　Swedes；　and　perhaps　the　Richelieu　French；　were　in　concert　with　this　Austrian　movement；　from　east；　from　north；　from　west；　three　Invasions　coming　on　the　core　of　his　Dominions；and　that　here　at　last　was　work　ahead；　and　plenty　of　it！　That　was　Friedrich's　opinion；　and　most　other　people's；　when　the　Austrian　inroad　was　first　heard　of：　〃mere　triple　ruin　coming　to　this　King；〃　as　the　Gazetteers　judged；great　alarm　prevailing　among　the　King's　friends；　in　Berlin；　very　great。　Friedrich；　glad；　at　any　rate；　to　have　done　with　that　dismal　lingering　at　Buttelstadt；　hastens　to　arrange　himself　for　the　new　contingencies；　to　post　his　Keiths；　his　Ferdinands；　with　their　handfuls　of　force；　to　best　advantage；　and　push　ahead　after　Moritz；　by　Leipzig；　Torgau；　Berlin…wards；　with　all　his　might。　At　Leipzig；　in　such　press　of　business　and　interest；judge　by　the　following　phenomenon；　what　a　clear…going　soul　this　is；　and　how　completely　on　a　level　with　whatever　it　may　be　that　he　is　marching　towards：
  〃LEIPZIG；　15th　OCTOBER；　1757　（Interview　with　Gottsched）。At　11　this　morning；　Majesty　came　marching　into　Leipzig；　multitudes　of　things　to　settle　there；　things　ready；　things　not　yet　ready；　in　view　of　the　great　events　ahead。　Seeing　that　he　would　have　time　after　dinner；　he　at　once　sent　for　Professor　Gottsched；　a　gigantic　gentleman；　Reigning　King　of　German　Literature　for　the　time　being；　to　come　to　him　at　3　P。M。　Reigning　King　at　that　time；　since　gone　wholly　to　the　Dustbins；'Popular　Delusion；'　as　old　Samuel　defines　it；　having　since　awakened　to　itself；　with　scornful　hahas　upon　its　poor　Gottsched；　and　rushed　into　other　roads　worse　and　better；　its　poor　Gottsched　become　a　name　now　signifying　Pedantry；　Stupidity；　learned　Inanity　and　the　Worship　of　Colored　Water；　to　every　German　mind。
  〃At　3　precise；　the　portly　old　gentleman　（towards　sixty　now；　huge　of　stature；　with　a　shrieky　voice；　and　speaks　uncommonly　fast）　bowed　himself　in；　and　a　Colloquy　ensued；　on　Literature　and　so　forth；　of　the　kind　we　may　conceive。　Colloquy　which　had　great　fame　in　the　world；　Gottsched　himself　havingsuch　the　inaccuracy　of　rumor　and　Dutch　Newspapers；　on　the　matterpublished　authentic　Report　of　it；　＇Next　Year；　in　a　principal　Leipzig　Magazine；　with　name　signed：　given　in　　Helden…Geschichte；　　iv。　728…739　（with　multifarious　commentaries　and　flourishings；　denoting　an　attentive　world）。　Nicolai；　　Anekdoten；　　iii。　286…290。＇　now　one　of　the　dullest　bits　of　reading；　and　worth　no　man's　bit　of　time。　Colloquy　which　lasted　three　hours；　with　the　greatest　vivacity　on　both　sides；　King　impugning；　for　one　principal　thing；　the　roughness　of　German　speech；　Gottsched；　in　swift　torrents　（far　too　copious　in　such　company）；　ready　to　defend。　'Those　consonants　of　ours；'　said　the　King；　'they　afflict　one's　ear：　what　Names　we　have；　all　in　mere　K's　and　P's：　KNAP…；　KNIP…；　KLOP…；　KROTZ…；　KROK；　your　own　Name；　for　example！'〃Yes；　his　own　Name；　unmusical　GottSCHED；　and　signifying　God's…Damage　（God's…SKAITH）　withal。　〃Husht；　don't　take　a　Holy　Name　in　vain；　call　the　man　SCHED　（'Damage'　by　itself）；　can't　we！〃　said　a　wit　once。　＇Nicolai；　　Anekdoten；　　iii。　287。＇〃'Five　consonants　together；　TTSCH；　TTSCH；　what　a　tone！'　continued　the　King。　'Hear；　in　contrast；　the　music　of　this　Stanza　of　Rousseau's　＇Repeats　a　stanza＇。　Who　could　express　that　in　German　with　such　melody？'　And　so　on；　branching　through　a　great　many　provinces；　King's　knowledge　of　all　Literature；　new　and　ancient；　'perfectly　astonishing　to　me；'　and　I　myself；　the　swift…speaking　Gottsched；　rather　copious　than　otherwise。　Catastrophe；　and　summary　of　the　whole；　was：　Gottsched　undertook　to　translate　the　Rousseau　Stanza　into　German　of　moderate　softness；　and　by　the　aid　of　water　did　so；　that　very　night；　＇Copied　duly　in　　Helden…Geschichte；　　iv。　726。＇　sent　it　next　day；　and　had　'within　an　hour'　a　gracious　Royal　Answer　in　verse；　calling　one；　incidentally；　'Saxon　Swan；　CYGNE　SAXON；'　though　one　is　such　a　Goose！　'Majesty　to　march　at　7　to…morrow　morning；'　said　a　Postscript；no　Interviewing　more；　at　present。
  〃About　ten　days　after　＇not　to　let　this　thing　interrupt　us　again＇；　Friedrich；　on　his　return　to　Leipzig；　had　another　Interview　with　Gottsched；　of　only　one　hour；　this　time；but　with　many　topics：　Reading　of　some　Gottsched　Ode　（ODE；　very　tedious；　frothy；　watery；　of　THANKS　to　Majesty　for　such　goodness　to　the　Saxon　Swan；　reading；　too；　of　'some　of　Madam　Gottsched's　Pieces'）。　Majesty　confessed　afterwards；　Every　hour　from　the　very　first　had　lowered　his　opinion　of　the　Saxon　Swan；　till　at　length　Goosehood　became　too　apparent。　Friedrich　sent　him　a　gold　snuffbox　by　and　by；　but　had　no　farther　dialoguing。
  〃A　saying　of　Excellency　Mitchell's　to　Gottschedfor　Gottsched；　on　that　second　Leipzig　opportunity；　went　swashing　about　among　the　King's　Suite　as　wellis　still　remembered。　They　were　talking　of　Shakspeare：　'Genial；　if　you　will；'　said　Gottsched；　'but　the　Laws　of　Aristotle；　Five　Acts；　unities　strict！''Aristotle？　What　is　to　hinder　a　man　from　making　his　Tragedy　in　Ten　acts；　if　it　suit　him　better？'　'Impossible；　your　Excellency！''Pooh；'　said　his　Excellency；　'suppose　Aristotle；　and　general　Fashion　too；　had　ordered　that　the　clothes　of　every　man　were　to　be　cut　from　five　ells　of　cloth：　how　would　the　Herr　Professor　like　＇with　these　huge　limbs　of　his＇　if　he　found　there　were　no　breeches　for　him；　on　Aristotle's　account？'　Adieu　to　Gottsched；　most　voluminous　of　men；who　wrote　a　Grammar　of　the　German　Language；　which；　they　say；　did　good。　I　remember　always　his　poor　Wife　with　some　pathos；　who　was　a　fine；　graceful；　loyal　creature；　of　ten　times　his　intelligence；　and　did　no　end　of　writing　and　translating　and　compiling　（Addison's　CATO；　Addison's　SPECTATOR；　thousands　of　things　from　all　languages）；　on　order　of　her　Gottsched；　till　life　itself　sank　in　such　enterprises；　never　doubting；　tragically　faithful　soul；　but　her　Gottsched　was　an　authentic　Seneschal　of　Phoebus　and　the　Nine。〃　＇Her　LETTERS；　collected　by　a　surviving　Lady…Friend；　〃BRIEFE　DER　FRAU　LUISE　ADELGUNDE　VIKTORIE　GOTTSCHED；　born　KULMUS　（Dresden；　1771…1772；　3　vols。　8vo）；〃　are；　I　should　suppose；　the　only　Gottsched　Piece　which　anybody　would　now　think　of　reading。＇
  Monday；　17th；　at　seven；　his　Majesty　pushed　off　accordingly；　cheery　h