GOETHE'S BIOGRAPHIE.

"Anfangs ist es ein Punkt der leise zum Kreise sich öffnet,
Aber, wachsend, umfasst dieser am Ende die Welt."
Friedrich Hebbel.
"In the beginning a point that soft to the circle expandeth,
But the circle at length, growing, enclaspeth the world."

CONTENTS

[Preface]

[CHAPTER I]

EARLY YEARS IN FRANKFORT

1749—1765

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GOETHE'S BIRTHPLACE AND ITS INFLUENCE ON HIM[1]
PERIOD OF HIS BIRTH[4]
HIS FATHER[6]
HIS MOTHER[8]
HIS SISTER[10]
FAMILY FRIENDS[11]
HIS EDUCATION[12]
RELIGIOUS INFLUENCES[14]
THE SEVEN YEARS' WAR[18]
FRENCH OCCUPATION OF FRANKFORT[19]
GOETHE'S FIRST LOVE[21]
DESTINED FOR THE STUDY OF LAW[23]
THE BOY THE FATHER OF THE MAN[25]
HIS CHARACTER AND EARLY TASTES[27]