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| | The Prussian Francophile -- Friday, Apr. 20, 1962 -- Page 1 -- TIME |
 | | Originally, these paintings were scattered not only through Charlottenburg but also through the old Berlin Castle and the three castles in Potsdamthe New Palace, the Potsdam Castle and Frederick's beloved Sans Souci (Without Care). |
 | | In later life, Frederick bought Italian and Flemish masterpieces, but in his youth he was probably history's greatest Francophile. |
 | | He wrote in French, spoke French at his own table ("Since my youth I have not read a German book, and I speak it badly"), once consoled a visiting French intellectual by saying: "You don't know German? |
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