[57] ] Goethe’s own words.—See “Goethe’s Correspondence with Madame von Stein,” vol. iii., p. 327.
[58] ] Goethe’s own words—See “Correspondence with Madame von Stein,” vol iii., p. 328.
[59] ] Ibid.
[60] ] Goethe’s own words.—See “Correspondence with Madame von Stein,” vol. iii., p. 330.
[61] ] Christiane Vulpius really rejected Goethe’s offer of marriage.—See Lewes’s Life of Goethe, vol. ii. p. 121.
[62] ]“Often have I erred, and always found the path again, but never found myself happier; now in this maiden lies my happiness. If this, too, is an error, oh spare me the knowledge, ye gods, and let me only discover it beyond the grave!”
[63] ] Schiller’s own words.—See “Schiller’s Correspondence with Körner,” vol. ii.
[64] ] Charlotte’s own words.—See “Schiller’s Life of Caroline von Wollzogen.”
[65] ] Charlotte’s own words.—See “Charlotte: A Life Picture,” p. 80.
[66] ] Schiller’s own words.—See “Schiller’s Life of Caroline von Wollzogen.”