![]() Bismarck would go on to accomplish his goal and strengthen Germany into a modern political state by embracing specific political principles, despite their lack of popularity. Though it would take longer than he had predicted, Germany would eventually be united and he would be the person responsible for accomplishing it. In his memoirs, Bismarck recalls that at this young age, he “retained own private National sentiments, and belief that in the near future events would lead to German unity in fact, made a bet with American friend Coffin that this aim would be attained in 20 years.” Though his early university days showed him he would be isolated by this thinking, he strongly believed not only in the ideal of a national German state, but in its possibility. ![]() Unlike so many of his day who had championed representative government, Bismarck longed for the glory of a nation he believed would only be found under a single, strong leader. ![]() In 1832, 17-year-old Otto von Bismarck had just entered university and was already rejecting the republican indoctrination of his grade school years.
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