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Preaching every Sunday, either from a pulpit or, if none offers, then from his own hearthrug, has always been a minor passion with Wilhelm II of Germany...
Without stopping to reveal his sources Wilhelm Hohenzollern preached in part thus...
Perhaps most arresting of all is a theory which Wilhelm of Doorn advanced in a potent sentence, well worth pondering: "The intercession of the crucified Lord, 'Father, forgive them, for they know not what they do,' is not intended for the Jewish leaders but for the poor German legion aries, who, acting under the orders of their superiors, must inflict dire suffering upon the Lord...
Grand Master of the Order of St. John of Jerusalem is Prince Oscar, fifth son of Wilhelm II. Echoing his father's fervor, he cried in ringing tones to a gathering in Berlin of German princelings: "If you cannot serve with the Sword, serve with the Cross...
Warmly, without a trace of sour grapes or jealousy, Grocer Habsburg goes on to praise the self made Tea Tycoon: "Just how his personality could break down all barriers was shown at a dinner party, given during Kiel Regatta shortly before the great war by Kaiser Wilhelm II, aboard his imperial yacht to Sir Thomas Lipton and Mr. J. Pierpont Morgan. The Kaiser was in a bad humor and inclined to be coldly polite. Mr. Morgan, sensing the frigidity, became frigid too. But not so the genial Sir Thomas! His joviality and high spirits soon thawed everything and everybody, most...