"GOETHE'S LAST DAYS."
According to the account oi "&$& 1 Last Days," given by Dr. ■ the architect Condray. In one of WJSL Jk versatloas with his latest vteitor* «gj | gave a prophetic opinion on frenenlji", m lure that is worth quoting: -* »"*£. m Hugo," said Goethe, " possesses »J»S 1 able gifts; without doubt he has *»» ** | and quickened French poetry, bat %, m cannot help fearing that If not fee_ W»*y f yet hia pupils aud followers, may »»*"L If far In the course they have ventures * g pursue. The French nation Is &•#£* f S i of extremes; lb knows moderation », m nothing. Endowed with great ««*]_3_ I physical strength, the French P*»fL | might lift the world, if they oosWjfi 1 And the centre; but they never ***?! f know that If one would lift great wffS X one must find the middle point..,«•* 1 only people on eairth in whose niMor| m find the night of .St. Bartholomew ffJ'U ft Feast of Reason, the despotism * rSTJ® XIV .and the orgies of the and almost la the same year the cspp* » of Moscow and the capitulation of gj b | Accordingly, we cannot but_*M*f£_ftf I literature also, after the | Bolleau. licentiousness and «»«!»»"£& | of all law may follow." _*bas "j* I Goethe have said, could he I Zola striving to wear tb<> gi*a; sj» W •** I teUf-o-a Victor Hugo's sho_ldss»i , l
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Press, Volume XLVIL, Issue 7717, 24 November 1890, Page 2
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