New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1906-08-26

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she was 20 find a mission IN n. - am. 81
Herr Bieisehowsty. with DoFtsntuu, - asa
what were the qualities that erabl.s -. ~
Stein Co triumph over all the Ioysrr - -la1 ":
Goethe met on his journey throvls. 80 cg
bottom 10 was only one quality. hus So" 4
enough 90 give Der the strongest 90 u
fact. what seems 20 US a wonderful - q
over him: she vas able thOrOurhl, II soss
stand the soul OF this enIgmatical ma 20
inclined 70 conceal rather than q, - sl
deepest emotions Other noble ana - ~
sensitive women such as LII or ma, ,..-'-5
perception like Merck. had IN llr,-, - a-'l
understood his eceeRtrie genIuq b-s -, -
Stein was the first 20 comprehend hin, - !. ~
aspects" Lucky Frau Won Stein. ". - ~, ~
inclined 20 exclaiul. out OF sheer iruua,.--1 az
Herr BieIschOwsky's intense sOIieIsus, \ w
hero but after al. it is easy % fo-viz. :. aa
cess Of sympathy for he Is on the riys. 49,
The egOtIsm % genius partiaJlv -.
GOethe's interminable philanderinz. a.
is even more Illumination In the raes -. -
was temperament inclrnate. e ever Tar. -
one HIS love affairs may not han. -, -
tragic significance that his biograDhsr s,,,.'--
TO them b9t they are interesting a. 8, -
emotional episodes that contributes - - -
velOpment OF his Imaginative and no.,,. =
Looking at them through the cold mr.. 50
when he and all his loves have lone h., -
we can see at once their usefulness s,I -.
unconscious humoT; we realize thar vb,,. Il
poet in him rose TO higher flights On tbs 9
ping stones that were his dead loves m. -
man. for all his greatness. was a singrlarl- A.
man creature II is because, aiYnost in ,,i.. ],
himself. Herr Bielschowsky is perpetuaIlv -,
ing this out. that an English TRANSLATE, a. =.
book is, as we have said. warmly Z,
coined We must not omit 20 mention No..
the careful and sometimes vivid nan,s-
which he rscOnstructs GOethe's Hsa =, ~
fathers hOnse. and as a student This ~, =
Ume contains. too, some interesting nosss a, =
poets contemporaries, like WieIaud ana =
author Is especially happy in his sketch, n
Karl August and all the other striking al,,,-,.
the court circle at Weimar There ara som
capital pages on Goethe in the character Of NJ,
lister. After the long drawn out accounts a. III
love affairs it is good 70 come upon a uayv,.
like the following:
We see the poet stTuggiing with an inanlss nm
Der Of most varied problems lie studiss ~ -
tons Of the excise and the paWnShOD and - ~
governing the manufacture Of cloth Jews -
rules for the fire department, Sslctates relsri--,
on a new bankrupt law, levieS reCrufls Co., =
a correspondence about the leather hFescio7 sf N
husSaF. issues orders concerning the posts q a,
Weimar promenade. Is busy with the cals;-,i;-
OF roads and canals, reformation Of uoc-----
division Of estates irrigation OF meadows rs-e5-r
in the University OF Jena e1uipDirl AZ s=s-;s-
institutions. prevention Of damage % farrs b
game. balancing Of finances. and thousand ottz
things lie IS not satiSned With what be czl len
from documents. but. If AZ all p0ssihls sssLg
hear and see far himself: not merely that Be u
get clearer ideas OF things. but as he correctly r
marks one occasion. because they prazslr q,
tirely different aspects when looked at f10E In
and from above.
Whenever an immediate personal Ints-fs-s-v
seems to him TO be needed at particular I'm
he shunS neither pains nor danger Re Of-su TN
to fire miles away and takes personal eh4lgs
the attempt to put il out With what cordial ~
pathy and what bravery one example out Of ralg
may show. On the 18th Of June. lao. he reports
Frau Won Stein: Yesterday ] was in EiteIstT.
The cry OF fire in GTOss-B lembach called n
long dry weather, and with an unIaVorahle w
the fury of the fire was uncomfortable. IN surf
case one feels how single handed one IS an y
how the people have enough goNd pracueel SelSf
make some effort The most veXIti0uS people
such circumstances are, as always, those Eao Sc
only what is not being done. and cOnSelueluy e1l
fuse those who are doing the most uecesslTy Ting
l admOniShed- begged. cOnSoled. pacllleGs an M
turned my whole care 70 the church. which vs.
still in danger when / arrived. and where. bss-s
the building. a great store OF produce belonging
the duke would have been lost Nobody U11-
dip water from the pond secause the uallS M
the nearest houses we're driven out over IN eds
BY the wind I stepped up and cried: II can e
done IL can be done. children. ard InredEial
some OF them were there and dipped out wafer "
soon had TO leave my place because e. heS- on
could endure il only few moments Ny eyeo9ls
are singec and the water boiling IN my Shoes So
my toes; after midnight lay down On tl- % u
a little rest
There viii be more in this vein IN ths So
ceeding volumes At the end Of the presaaL u
staIment we leave Goethe on the eve Of his =
turn from Italy. and writing to the Duzs q