. The autobiography of Goethe : truth and fiction relating to my life . AUTHOKS PREFACE. As a preface to the present work, which, perhaps, morethan another, requires one, I adduce the letter of a friena-by which so serious an undertaking was occasioned. We have now, my dear friend, collected the twelve pansof your poetical works, and, on reading them through, finemuch that is known, much that is unknown ; while much thathad been forgotten is revived by this collection. These twelvevolumes standing before us in uniform appearance, we cannotrefrain from regarding as a whole ; and one would like
. The autobiography of Goethe : truth and fiction relating to my life . AUTHOKS PREFACE. As a preface to the present work, which, perhaps, morethan another, requires one, I adduce the letter of a friena-by which so serious an undertaking was occasioned. We have now, my dear friend, collected the twelve pansof your poetical works, and, on reading them through, finemuch that is known, much that is unknown ; while much thathad been forgotten is revived by this collection. These twelvevolumes standing before us in uniform appearance, we cannotrefrain from regarding as a whole ; and one would like tosketch therefrom some image of the author and his it cannot be denied, considering the vigor with which hebegan his literary career, and the length of time which hassince elapsed, that a dozen small volumes must appear incom-mensurate. Nor can one forget, that, with respect to thedetached pieces, they have mostly been called forth by specialoccasions, and reflect particular external objects, as well asdistinct grades of inward culture ; while it is equa
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