So it means that the phrase " weary of life " shall give the impression
that he no longer took an interest in the affairs of this life. Nothing could be
more false. His interest in every thing that concerned his kingdom, his
power, his influence, or that concerned improvements in agriculture and
the discipline of his army, education and religious freedom, or the main-
tenance of Protestant ascendancy, continued unabated to the very last day
of his life. He was not weary of life. No man was ever less so. He ate
gluttonously and with relish and was as fond of amusing conversation as any
man. He was anxious to live. Not satisfied with his regular physicians,
he invited Dr. Zimmerman to his court, and took his remedies.
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The Grand Lodge of the Three Globes could not have been ignorant of
what Frederic's true condition was, during his last illness. To misrepre-
sent it, by the use of words carefully selected for the purpose, was not cred-
itable practice. It was not employed as a pettifogger, to make out a case
after the mode resorted to in small courts ; but it was assuming to decide
authoritatively as a judge, and speaking ex cathedra.
The simple fact relied on in grounds 2d and 3d, and the deduction from
it, are, that Frederic was not at Berlin, after the 17th of April, and so could
not have held a Council at Berlin, on the 1st of May, 1786.
