    Sentence 1: Sultan Abdul Hamid II (1876  1909) tried to apply absolute rule to an  empire staggering under a crushing  foreign debt, with a fragmented  population of hostile people, and  succeeded only in creating ill will and  dissatisfaction amongst the — younger  generation of educated Turks.    Sentence 2: Sultan Abdul Hamid II was  universally admired by educated young  Turks.