[49] ] Ibid.

[50] ] Goethe’s words.—See “Goethe’s Works,” vol. xxiii.

[51] ] Goethe’s words.

[52] ] In the latter part of the year 1787.

[53] ] See “Private Letters,” vol. iii.

[54]

He who has not the spirit of his age

Has nothing but the unhappiness of his age.

[55] ] Goethe’s own words.—See “Goethe’s Correspondence with Madame von Stein,” vol. ii., p. 326.

[56] ] Goethe’s own words.