The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1877-11-04

dlhnhlulnfsSs VI DtnculClOn WHICH only " pro-
life poet sincere rs well as imagi native. could
multiply. he calls her tho light Of all his DAYS"
her mind helps him crcnte." her affection
makes for him delightful climate" In tho
fulncss Of his trust. and in the stimulation OF
his genius through the JOY lac takes In COM
muning with her. he gives voice to such words
| as these: On this shifting ball of earth there
IL only bliss and pence in genuine love. In doing
good. and in ever learning" And again.
pray God to make me every day moro econoni-
cal, that may be able TO bo generous" This,
too: Thy approval IL my best lame. and II
value n gOOd namo in tho world II Is on Thy
account. that ! may be no disgrace to thee"
Such was The relation which Mr.. Calverts mar
rntivo shows us to have existed between these
lovers. Goethe being what he was before aud
afterward. it ia little short of marvellous that
It lasted so long that II did last Is sovereign
testimony to woman's power Of elevated at
tracti,eness. OF holding tho most strenuous and
impctuous OF human imaginations in Il chain
VI purely spiritual mould.
Yet II was to cease. this relation II was anom-
alous. 1t was incomplete. Charlotte Won Stcin
seems to have boen dcsignod-ut nll events 1t
WIS her function-to strengthen. by rein ng
Gocthe's rich nature in that tccming decade Of
his cXubcrant young manhood Her capacities
OF intellectual assimilation and Of growth were
not commensurate with his; in other words
Charlotte was not Goethe; and what ia this but
another form OF stating the familiar aphorism
that genius hy the laws Of its being. 10y the
scope OF its aspiration and tho clements OF its
atmosphere. is forcordained 10 solitude: that
only for brief Intervals. and rs il were in the
pauses oil it, flight. can it truly know COM
partnership. II WIS no poctical hyperbolc
which had made the pot call Charlotte voa
Stein his guardian angel: hut now what men
call his destiny bore him away from hor. his
destiny which Mr. Calvert happily translates to
mean the momentum made up ly his inward
inpusi0n- ani the urgent solicitations from
outward fields oi cndea,or and Improvement
/ Ilis studies and his Unborn proclivitios heck
oncd him irrcsistibly to Italy. which. with its
hcauiirs and granlrurs and treasures Of ma
tur" and art. was to to- his browning instruc-
trcss And thus an important part Of his edu-
cnion was finished lfs ardent. pure aud re-
filming relation to Chariot, WIS TO end. 81 TAR as
any mental influence may he said To- end.
Goethe was grent grow, r. aud ia Italy he was
10 grow with unprecedented rapidly. In after
years indeed he was TO speak OF this visit 70
Italy rs his "re-birth." Herc he had obtained.
h. said. "eimrscs into the nature Of things
and their relations which open 10 mo nm abyss
ot wealth." Thus the man who came back 10
Wcimnr was not the Goethe who hnd gone
away. But Charlotte Won stein WIS Just the sume.
How his Wcmar friends failed 10 understand
the new enlarged Goethe. md how he in turn
WIS chafed by their oltuscncss or apathy. how
to.Charlotfe he seemed only changed not i'm
proved. while her want Of sympathy With tn
/ EXPANSION OF views chilled 'ho poet and
Z slowly lrnyed asunder tho old bond; how h a
WIS hurt 10y his Involuntary nioofness. while hr
tiscorned rogrctfuliy that she could not boz t.
him what she on'c had been-for all these mat
tors which help to c'uridate a delicate and ,u-
rious psy'holosical problem. 20 VIII. The cqua-
ton OF consistency and erowth. We must refer
tho rcnder 10 Mr.. Calvcrt's narrative. TIL"
biograthor OF Nine. Won Stein Is Just 10 Goethe.
for he understands HIM. ami with complete
knowledge there can hardly he n MISCARRIAGE
Of justice. Even arropos Of the anar with
Chr.stinnc winch follow ii So promptly upon
the arrangement from Charlotte he l. able 20
speak with calmucss and charity :nn he warns
us not 10 try to got Il view OF Goethe through
the dlmn"ss she'd by "A phar sairal unsavory
lamp. unsnvory because fed with the foul grease
gathered hy con""it out Of the fragment, NJ .
pr t.utious inefr,rtunl ife." lie po MS out that
the shock o'c1eioneA 10y the nnar Just rrn-
toned to the lilt, world of Weimar was ~
nothing 10 the scandal excited when tho pot
brought the friendless young girl to Lis house.
VII re she lived with him Tor twenty-eigh 4
years until her death. tho Inst ten in lawful
wedlo,k. And here. before tax ng leave Of a
book 20 which cultivated and thoughtful read
crs will thank Us for an iutrolu fion. We must
nnd room Tor Mr.. Calyerts happy version Of
tho exquisite little poem IN which Goethe al
lutes TO the taking Of Chrisuane to his home: