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881 FRAU RATH.
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From this time dates Goethe ' s " Gotz von Berlicbingen , " and although _, the old councillor often shook his head at the impetuous youth , he
on could all not sides hel while p being Frau pleased _ISfcath entered with the enthusiasticall fame his son y began into her to son reap ' s
p son lans went and to experiences , practise in . Wetzlar In 1771 , and she in lo 1773 st her her father not daug , without ht in er 1772 married her
the well known historian SchlofFer ; but she was great resources ; many of the most illustrious men of her day crowded around her and she maintained a correspondence with others . Thus
she writes to a friend , Frau Brentano : riors " At , but all now times , being it was sep the arated greatest from pleasure my childr to live en , of near it anecdotes is and indeed with and a my heavenl stories supe y -
that deligh I t could . Do promise come and to talk see me for , I a have whole such week a without store stopping . " Her letters in general teem with intellect , and though not
always correct either in grammar or spelling , they overflow with a vigorous vitality . She had read nearl of y useful all the knowled best German and
and Italian authors , had acquired a stock ge , terize possessed women that natural in whom humour the intuitive and quickness perceptions which outstri often p the charac slow
conclusions of observation and reason . Thus Wieland at the close of a long conversation with her , exclaimed , " Now I understand
how Goethe became what he is . " Goetherenowned as the author of " Werther , " went to live with the
Duke of Weimar , in November , 1775 . The old councillor was at first opposed to his son ' s entering the service of the duke , while Frau
Rath did not allow her mother ' s heart to be influenced by any prejudice , and not only fully enjoyed all that had emanated from
the great mind of her son , but anticipated his future success . The raised high asp her irations so much of beyond her enthusiastic the general mind tenor blended of life , with that even his and the
sad trials which she was to experience within the next few years could not subdue her trusting soul . She lost her daughter Cornelie ,
who left behind several children . This event produced a strong impression upon the councillor ' s mind , who perhaps reproached
himself with his former severity towards this child . Be this as it may , he grew more and more gloomy and silent . After a visit which
Goethe and the duke paid them in Frankfort in September , 1779 , Goethe writes to a friend : —
impaired " I foun , d but my my father mother much has altere preserved d , he is very her whole quiet and powers his memory of mind much and
heart . " The ouncillor died at sevent-two years of agein 1782 . Frau
Rath wa c s now left alone , and s y he speaks upon the , subject to the Duchess Amalie as follows : —
well " " will When become springs dry are , and diverted thoug from h indeed their I try course to di or g choked for new up ones the I deepest either
881 Frau Rath.
881 FRAU RATH .
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English Woman’s Journal (1858-1864), Feb. 1, 1859, page 381, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ewj/issues/ewj_01021859/page/21/
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