JOHANN VON See also:

• JOHANN VON MIQUEL (1829-1901)

MIQUEL (1829-1901)  , See also:

• GERMAN
• GERMAN, DUTCH AND SCANDINAVIAN

German statesman, was See also:

• BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born at Neuenhaus, See also:

• HANOVER
• HANOVER (Ger. Hannover)

Hanover, on the 19th of See also:

• FEBRUARY

February 1829, being descended from a See also:

• FRENCH
• FRENCH, DANIEL CHESTER (1850– )
• FRENCH, NICHOLAS (1604-1678)

French See also:

• FAMILY

family which had emigrated during the Revolution . He learnt See also:

• LAW
• LAW (0. Eng. lagu, M. Eng. lawe; from an old Teutonic root lag, " lie," what lies fixed or evenly; cf. Lat. lex, Fr. loi)
• LAW, JOHN (1671—1729)
• LAW, WILLIAM (1686-1761)

law at the See also:

• UNIVERSITIES

universities of See also:

• HEIDELBERG

Heidelberg and See also:

• GOTTINGEN

Gottingen . Studying the writings of Karl See also:

• MARX, HEINRICH KARL (1818-1883)

Marx he became a convert to an extreme revolutionary, socialistic and atheistic creed; but though he entered into See also:

• CORRESPONDENCE
• CORRESPONDENCE (from med. scholastic Lat. correspondentia, corrcspondere, compounded of Lat. cum, with, and respond ere, to answer; cf. Fr. correspondance)

correspondence with Marx, with the See also:

• OBJECT

object of starting a revolutionary See also:

• MOVEMENT

movement, he does not appear to have taken any overt See also:

• PART

part in the events of 1848-1849 . Further study of See also:

• POLITICAL

political See also:

• ECONOMY

economy soon enabled him to pass out of this phase, and in 185o he settled down to practise as an See also:

• ADVOCATE (Lat. advocatus, from advocare, to summon, especially in law to call in the aid of a counsel or witness, and so generally to summon to one's assistance)

advocate at Gottingen . He acquired repute as an able lawyer and a rising politician, and especially for his knowledge of See also:

• FINANCIAL

financial questions . He was one of the founders of the German Nationalverein, and in 1864 he was elected a member of the Hanoverian See also:

• PARLIAMENT (Anglo-Lat. parliamentum, Fr. parlement, from parler, to speak)

parliament as a Liberal and an opponent of the See also:

• GOVERNMENT
• GOVERNMENT (0. Fr. governement, mod. gouvernement, O. Fr. governer, mod. gouverner, from Lat. gubernare, to steer a ship, guide, rule; cf. Gr. xv(3epvav)

government . He accepted the See also:

• ANNEXATION (Lat. ad, to, and nexus, joining)

annexation of Hanover by See also:

• PRUSSIA
• PRUSSIA (Ger. Preussen; Lat. Borussia)

Prussia without regret, and was one of the Hanoverians whose See also:

• PARLIAMENTARY

parliamentary abilities at once won a commanding position in the Prussian parliament, which he entered in 1867 . For some See also:

• REASON (Lat. ratio, through French raison)

reason—perhaps because See also:

• BISMARCK
• BISMARCK, OTTO EDUARD LEOPOLD VON, PRINCE

Bismarck did not entirely See also:

• TRUST

trust him—he did not at this See also:

• TIME (0. Eng. Lima, cf. Icel. timi, Swed. timme, hour, Dan. time; from the root also seen in " tide," properly the time of between the flow and ebb of the sea, cf. O. Eng. getidan, to happen, " even-tide," &c.; it is not directly related to Lat. tempus)
• TIME, MEASUREMENT OF
• TIME, STANDARD

time attain quite so influential a position as might have been anticipated; nevertheless he was chairman of the parliamentary See also:

• COMMITTEE (from commute, an Anglo-Fr. past participle of commettre, Lat. committere, to entrust; the modern Fr. equivalent comite is derived from the Eng.)

committee which in 1876 drafted the new rules of legal See also:

• PROCEDURE (Fr. procedure, from Lat. procedere, to go for-ward)

procedure, and he found See also:

• SCOPE (through Ital. scopo, aim, purpose, intent, from Gr. o'KOaos, mark to shoot at, aim, o ic07reiv, to see, whence the termination in telescope, microscope, &c.)

scope for his See also:

• GREAT

great administrative abilities in the See also:

• POST

post of burgomaster of See also:

• OSNABRUCK

Osnabruck . He held this position from 1865 to 187o, and again from 1876 to 1879, being in the meantime (1870-1873) a director of the Discontogesellschaft . In 1879 he was elected burgomaster of See also:

• FRANKFORT

Frankfort-on-See also:

• MAIN (from the Aryan root which appears in " may " and " might," and Lat. magnus, great)
• MAIN (Lat. Moenus)

Main, where he gained a great reputation for the See also:

• ENERGY (from the Gr. ivipyela; iv, in, ipyov, work)

energy with which he dealt with social questions, especially that of the See also:

• HOUSING

housing of the poor . Probably owing to his See also:

• EARLY
• EARLY, JUBAL ANDERSON (1816-1894)

early study of See also:

• SOCIALISM

socialism, he was very ready to support the new See also:

• STATE
• STATE, GREAT OFFICERS OF

state socialism of Bismarck . He was the See also:

• CHIEF (from Fr. chef, head, Lat. caput)

chief See also:

• AGENT (from Lat. agere, to act)

agent in the reorganization of the See also:

• NATIONAL

National Liberal party in 1887, in which See also:

• YEAR

year he entered the imperial Reichstag .

After Bismarck's fall in 1890 he was chosen Prussian`' See also:

• MINISTER (Lat. minister, servant)

minister of See also:

• FINANCE

finance, and held this post for ten years . He distinguished himself by his reform of the Prussian See also:

• SYSTEM

system of See also:

• TAXATION
• TAXATION (from " tax," derived, through the French, from Lat. taxare, to appraise, which again is connected with the same root as tangere, to touch)

taxation, the one really successful measure of the new reign in See also:

• INTERNAL

internal affairs . An See also:

• ATTEMPT (Lat. adtemptare, attentare, to try)

attempt, however, to reform the system of imperial finance in 1893-1894 failed, and much injuredhis reputation . See also:

• MIQUEL, JOHANN VON (1829-1901)

Miquel had entirely given up his Liberalism, and aimed at See also:

• PRACTICAL

practical See also:

• MEASURES

measures for improving the See also:

• CONDITION (Lat. condicio, from condicere, to agree upon, arrange; not connected with conditio, from condere, conditum, to put together)

condition of the See also:

• PEOPLE

people irrespective of the party programmes; yet some of his measures—such as that for taxing " Waarenhauser " (stores)—were of a very injudicious nature . He professed to aim at a See also:

• UNION
• UNION (known locally as Union Hill and officially as Town of Union)

union of parties on the basis of the See also:

• SATISFACTION (Lat. salisfacerc, to satisfy)

satisfaction of material interests, a policy to which the name of Sammlung was given; but his enemies accused him of constantly intriguing against the three chancellors under whom he served, and of himself attempting to secure the first See also:

• PLACE (through Fr. from Lat. platea, street; Gr. IrAar6s, wide)

place in the state . The sympathy which he expressed for the Agrarians increased his unpopularity among Liberals and industrials; but he pointed out that the state, which for See also:

• HALF

half a See also:

• CENTURY (from Lat. centuria, a division of a hundred men)

century had done everything to help manufactures, might now attempt to support the failing See also:

• INDUSTRY (Lat. industria, from indu-, a form of the pre, position in, and either stare, to stand, or struere, to pile up)

industry of See also:

• AGRICULTURE
• AGRICULTURE (from Lat. ages, field, and colere, to cultivate)
• AGRICULTURE, BOARD OF

agriculture . In See also:

• JUNE

June 1901 the rejection of the See also:

• CANAL
• CANAL (from Lat. canalis, " channel " and " kennel " being doublets of the word)

canal See also:

• BILL

bill led to a crisis, and he was obliged to send in his resignation . His See also:

• HEALTH

health was already failing, and he died on the 8th of See also:

• SEPTEMBER (Lat. septem, seven)

September of the same year at his See also:

• HOUSE
• HOUSE (O. Eng. hiss, a word common to Teutonic languages, cf. Dut. huis, Ger. Haus; in Gothic it is only found in gudhiss, a temple; it may be ultimately connected with the root of " hide," conceal)

house in Frankfort .