- 1. Of Feet in General.
- 2. Of the Feet of the Ancients.
- 3. Of the Feet of Elephants.
- 4. Of the Feet of the Fair Inhabitants of Göttingen.
- 5. Summing up of Opinions delivered upon Feet in Göttingen Taverns.
- 6. Connection and Comparison of Feet with Calves, Knees, etc.
- 7. Facsimile Charts (if sheets of paper sufficiently large are obtainable) of Specimen Feet of Göttingen Ladies.
I am the most peaceable of mortals. My wishes are: A modest dwelling, a thatched roof, but a good bed, good fare, milk and butter (the latter very fresh), flowers at the window, and a few fine trees before my gate. And if the Lord would fill the cup of my happiness, He would let me live to see the day when six or seven of my enemies are hung on the trees. With softened heart I would then forgive them all the evil they have done me. Yes, one must forgive one’s enemies, but not before they are hung.
A. If I were of the race of Christ, I should boast of it, and not be ashamed.
B. So would I, if Christ were the only member of the race. But so many miserable scamps belong to it that one hesitates to acknowledge the relationship.
Gervinus, the literary historian, set himself the following problem: To repeat in a long and witless book what Heinrich Heine said in a short and witty one. He solved the problem.
De mortuis nil nisi bene. One should speak only evil of the living.