However, although Bismarck had already tried to make amends, thinking it over, he felt this statement might still sound too harsh to liberals.
He looked around anxiously, yet to his surprise, no one present voiced any objection to his views, not even Heine, whom he considered the most liberal of them all, opened his mouth to curse.
On the contrary, this great German poet lightly clinked his glass with Bismarck's: "Otto, I'm sorry, I used to think you were just an ordinary university student. But what you said today really made me see you differently; although the reasoning might not be entirely correct, it's enough to distinguish you from most of the fools at the University of Gottingen."
Garibaldi and the other members of Young Italy said nothing; they merely forced a bitter smile.
