[423] Welche zum Begriff des Talente gehört. Talent no doubt to some extent includes genius here, but mainly in its aspect of productive power.
[424] I do not know the composition and cannot make much of the quotations. For all I know Tamboure-gesellen may be the drummer-boy himself.
[425] This translation may pass perhaps:
"This little nosegay plucked by me
A thousand times may it greet thee!
How many thousand times have I
Bowed over it; how many times
Pressed it to heart; how many times!"
[426] Or, as Hegel puts it, "that he is not."
[427] We should rather say a personal or individual manner perhaps.
[428] I have translated Zufälligen here with the words "he shares with no one else." The suggestion is that there is no warrant or principle to support them.
[429] It is rather surprising to find Hegel including music here rather than sculpture or architecture, especially the latter, which seems peculiarly adapted to illustrate what I understand to be his general point of view. His own illustrations throw no light on the matter as they are borrowed from painting or poetry.
[430] I presume the difference here alluded to is such as we may see if we contrast the tone of a Correggio, for instance, with that of a Titian or a Rembrandt.
[431] Er hat ihn sich angeeignet. Lack of artistic power is the main factor in an artificial style. Though there are doubtless many examples of men forced to paint in a way much below their true powers to obtain a living. But it must be admitted Hegel does not express himself very clearly. Individuality of handling is essential to a great master. The real point is that it should not crystallize into a mere habit, as in the Bologna school of painters.