, fairly on the road; the multiplex team pulling one way, in
rational human harness, not in imbroglios of coiled thrums made by the
Nightmares.

How he introduced a new mode of farming his Domain Lands, which are
a main branch of his revenue, and shall be farmed on regular lease
henceforth, and not wasted in peculation and indolent mismanagement as
heretofore; [Forster, ii. 206, 216.] new modes of levying his taxes and
revenues of every kind: [Ib. ii. 190, 195.] How he at last concentrated,
and harmonized into one easy-going effective GENERAL DIRECTORY,
[Completed 19th January, 1723 (Ib. ii. 172).] the multifarious
conflicting Boards, that were jolting and jangling in a dark
use-and-wont manner, and leaving their work half done, when he first
came into power: [Dohm, _Denkwurdigkeiten meiner Zeit_ (Lemgo und
Hanover, 1814-1819), iv. 88.] How he insisted on having daylight
introduced to the very bottom of every business, fair-and-square
observed as the rule of it, and the shortest road adopted for doing it:
How he drained bogs, planted colonies, established manufactures, made
his own uniforms of Prussian wool, in a LAGERHAUS of his own: How he
dealt with the Jew Gompert about farming his Tobacoo;--how, from many
a crooked case and character he, by slow or short methods, brought out
something straight; would take no denial of what was his, nor make any
demand of what was not; and did prove really a terror to evildoers
of various kinds, especially to prevaricators, defalcators, imaginary
workers, and slippery unjust persons: How he urged diligence on all
mortals, would not have the very Apple-women sit "without knitting" at
their stalls; and brandished his stick, or struck it fiercely down, over
the incorrigibly idle:--All this, as well as his ludicrous explosions
and unreasonable violences, is on record concerning Friedrich Wilhelm,
though it is to the latter chiefly that the world has directed its
unwise attention, in judging of him. He was a very arbitrary King. Yes,
but then a good deal of his ARBITRIUM, or sovereign will, was that of
the Eternal Heavens as well; and did exceedingly behoove to be done, if
the Earth would prosper. Which is an immense consideration in regard
to his sovereign will and him! He was prompt with his rattan, in urgent
cases; had his gallows also, prompt enough, where needful. Let him see
that no mistakes happen, as certainly he means that none shall!

Yearly he made his country richer; and thi