Note 1. Mr. Strang, in his “Germany in 1831,” observes, respecting the mausoleum of the late Queen of Prussia—“There is no inscription on the marble, or on the mausoleum. Queen Louisa required none. The virtues of her life, and the causes of her early death, are not only well known, but deeply engraven on the memory of the Prussian people. The being who perished of a broken heart, for the wrongs inflicted by a foreign foe upon her people, and who dropped into an untimely tomb, the victim of lacerated patriotism, is indeed worthy to be the idol of a nation’s memory…. During the liberation-war, the name of Louisa became a watchword in favour of national independence, while her patriotism proved a tutelar genius to the Prussian army.” [back]
