. The Open court. ^ ^-^^. FRAU CHARLOTTE VON STEIN, NEE SCHARDT. Drawn by herself, 1790. Cf. Lavaters Essai sur la phvsiognomie, IV, 108. He expresses his wish in a letter to Frau von Stein, dated March2, 1779, as follows: It is an unpleasant idea to me that there wasa time when you did not know and love me. Should I come againupon earth, I will ask the gods that I may love only one, and ifyou were not so opposed to this world, I would then ask you tobecome this dear companion of mine. Goethe was human, and his life, his passions, his interests andhis work were thoroughly human. We will not ma
. The Open court. ^ ^-^^. FRAU CHARLOTTE VON STEIN, NEE SCHARDT. Drawn by herself, 1790. Cf. Lavaters Essai sur la phvsiognomie, IV, 108. He expresses his wish in a letter to Frau von Stein, dated March2, 1779, as follows: It is an unpleasant idea to me that there wasa time when you did not know and love me. Should I come againupon earth, I will ask the gods that I may love only one, and ifyou were not so opposed to this world, I would then ask you tobecome this dear companion of mine. Goethe was human, and his life, his passions, his interests andhis work were thoroughly human. We will not make out that he was 118 THE OPEN COURT. a saint, but grant that he had human failings. We claim, however,that even his failings had no trace of vulgarity and that his char-acter was much purer than that of many a saint whom we know notin his sins but only in his contrition and repentance. Goethe didnot want to be anything but human and so he portrays his human-ity without trying to make it appear different from what it was
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