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He spoke for the last time in 1793 on Frederick the Great and the advantages of monarchy.

After 1783 these discourses caused a great sensation, since Hertzberg introduced into them a review of the financial situation, which in the days of absolutism seemed an unprecedented innovation.

Besides this, Hertzberg exerted himself as an academician to change the strongly French character of the Academy and make it into a truly German institution.