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It was in 1874 that Herman Grimm remarked, in a lecture at Berlin, that henceforth there was to be a science called Goethe. All the world knows how the prediction has been fulfilled. During the last two decades the science called Goethe has marched bravely on, enlisting a small army of workers, creating a vast jungle of literature, selva selvaggia ed aspra e forte, and making friends and enemies.
We are to understand, I make no doubt, that Willie had been too fortunate a lover, and that in his absence the frailty of his lady becoming conspicuous her brother had avenged the family honour according to that old law of Scotland which the courteous Ariosto styles "l' aspra legge di Scozia, empia e severa." Pray let me know, at your leisure, what you think of this trouvaille.
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