Excerpt from The Life and Times of Goethe
Goethe, although even then enjoying the reputation of a poet, both in and out of Germany, was just enter ing that higher region of intellectual activity, and begin ning that career in which for himself and for us he became what he is, and what is comprehended in the ingle word Goethe. From his advent in Weimar the century moves on, stamped with the name of Goethe.
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