I saw the Emperor-that Worldsoul-riding out to reconnoiter the city; it
is truly a wonderful sensation to see such an individual, concentrated here
on a single point, astride a single horse, yet reaching across the world
and ruling it . . . To make such progress from Thursday to Monday is possible
only for this extraordinary man,whom it is impossible not to admire.
Georg
Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel
Letter to Niethammer
October 13, 1806
translated by Joachim Neugroschel