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alle de Forbindtligheder, han kunde, medens den barske
Statsminister Marcy’s Forsøg i den Retning vare mindre
heldige.
I min Broders Dagbogsoptegnelser fra den Tid, hvilke
han af Vane skrev paa Engelsk, siger han:
» The certainty I almost had fo r the last hvo years,
that my wishes in this respect would be accomplished,
and the daily expectation o f my appointment rendered
the gratification its reception at last caused, of course,
less lively and intense. But I feel none the less how
thankful I ought, to be, and I trust I am, to that myste
rious power which presides over the destiny o f men and
states, which is fe lt as much in small as in great things,
fo r having thus fa r smoothed my path through life and
placed me where I now am. It is interesting and curious
to me to think bac-k upon the hopes and fears, theplans
and events which have succeeded one another ever since
I left college and my position and sphere o f life became
the all-absorbing subject o f my own and my parents' and
sisters speculation and anxieties, and to note how strangely
the current o f events has carried me on to the realisation
o f our wishes in this respect. The Slesvig-Holstein re
bellion even served at last to push me vigorously on and
clear the track fo r my diplomatic career, which has been
more rapid in advancement than perhaps has ever before
been the good luck of any in our diplomacy, who took
his start as simple Attaché
'.«
Imidlertid blev min Broders Gage nedsat til 3000
Specier, 500 Specier mindre end min Faders havde
været. I samme Dagbog omtaler han Følgende:
» /
have received dispatch no. IX o f the 8tho f March
approving of all my proceedings in the case o f a deserter
from the Danish bark and man-of-war »Saga« last
summer, accompanied with fu ll powersfor me to negocíate