. The Open court. nn Christian Kestner. Redrawn from apastel in the possession of Georg Kestner of Dresden. become proud of what I myself can do or can forbear to do: I haveseen too well what a monster might be formed and nursed in everyhuman bosom, did not a higher influence restrain us. The nobility of character of Fraulein von Klettenberg, of thisbeautiful soul, contributed not a little to purify the young poetsmind, and her interest in mysticism caused him to study alchemyand to read the works of Theophrastus, Paracelsus, Agrippa von Goethes relation to women. 89 Nettesheim and other occul
. The Open court. nn Christian Kestner. Redrawn from apastel in the possession of Georg Kestner of Dresden. become proud of what I myself can do or can forbear to do: I haveseen too well what a monster might be formed and nursed in everyhuman bosom, did not a higher influence restrain us. The nobility of character of Fraulein von Klettenberg, of thisbeautiful soul, contributed not a little to purify the young poetsmind, and her interest in mysticism caused him to study alchemyand to read the works of Theophrastus, Paracelsus, Agrippa von Goethes relation to women. 89 Nettesheim and other occultists, the study of whose books provedhelpful in the composition of Faust. We have evidence that thisthoughtful and mystical lady had a real sense of humor, for whenone of her friends, Fraulein von Wunderer, entered the CronstattInstitute, Susanne had her own portrait painted for her in the dressof a nun. The picture came into Goethes possession in 1815. At Wetzlar on the Lahn Goethe met Charlotte Buff, the daugh-. FRAU SOPHIE VON LA ROCHE. ter of an imperial government official. She acted as a real motherto her many younger brothers and sisters and was engaged to bemarried to Kestner, secretary to the Hanoverian legation. Goethefelt greatly attracted to the young lady and, being at the same timea good and fast friend of Kestner, was a constant visitor at thehome of her father in the Deutsche Haus. Charlotte was made theheroine of The Sorrows of Werther, and as Goethes acquaintance 90 THE OPEN COURT.
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