[47] A youthful poet, who excited great enthusiasm in Germany by a poem, written in 1840 (when a war with France on the Eastern question seemed not unlikely), beginning,—
“They shall not have the German Rhine.”
[48] The well-known French poet, who replied to the above poem of Becker’s, by another commencing,—
“We have had your German Rhine.”
[49] A noted theologian, born in 1802, and one of the leaders of the orthodox party in Prussia.
[50] Called Arminius by the Romans.
[51] The famous historian and professor of theology at Berlin. He died in 1850.
[52] A well-known actress and voluminous dramatic author, born in 1800.
[53] The historian.
[54] A professor of gymnastics.