Lack of experience, and the strain of arrogating to himself all the political and military authority of Germany had told at last on a high-strung temperament, a very adept mind, and a fearsome will.

• 他一方面缺乏经验，一方面又因独揽德国的军政大权而过于疲劳，这两个因素最后终于对他那易于冲动的性格，那机敏的头脑，那坚毅的性格发生了不利的影响。