Excerpt from An Historical Biography, Vol. 2: The German EmpireThe Treaty of Frankfort, which embodied the results of the Franco-German War, may be called the cornerstone on which reposed the edifice of Germany's relations to all her neighbours; and it is to these relations that we now propose to devote a special chapter, as to a field of action in which Prince Bismarck has achieved such great and unparalleled triumphs. His domestic policy, as we shall see, was a mixture of light and shade, of success and failure; and his opponents have always maintained that, in internal affairs, his failures far overweighed his success. But few of his parliamentary foes ever ventured to question the wisdom of the Chancellor's purely foreign policy, or to express dissatisfaction with any of his acts in the sphere of international relations.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.