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806 RAHEk.
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Letters Of Rahel, 3 Vols. 8vo, 1834; And...
ture of such and a fat soul e Bad were npt involved denied love , feelings . What which arose raised when her lance the on feelings thereon high , onlto ( lash her in iecesbe guesseda mere
sur y passed all I had p ever surmised , may . The sorrows ; of g others seemed journals utterly insi connected gnificant with compared this affair with iven hers to me . in The confid letters ence , w and ere
long in my possession , but disappeared , g in 1813 , and have probably been destroyed , with the exception of a few of small importance that .
such This with is writings the the persons less oug to to ht be whom to regretted become alone , h literary they owever rig , htfull memorials as it y seems what belon , but to g . me should die no in
46 Unlike most othersRahel never dissembled was passing , when her mind disadvantage ; she reveale ous d to her her circumstances when indeed , hopes throug and h such sorrows disclosure , even
, if she what might she appear said could blameable have . procured She spoke her with favor as and much praise candour . Such as that
certain openness harshness at first somewhat often darts perp out lexe from d me an , since impassioned I was aware confession a ,
and that through experience and reflection a peculiar element may be evolved which awakens bad feeling ; especially if we suppose
that concealed according But to this custom was not , there the case lies behind with Hahel the avowal she believe something d that
if she would . be true to her natureshe should never , have to forgive herself for oken wordthat she , could gain nothing by silence ;
and such an any elevated sp and reconciling , interest did she feel for the communication of truth for truth ' s sake , that she had perfect faith ill
in others esteeming it as she did—though , alas ! such faith was founded
inion " At an . had earl been y perio formed d , far Rahel earlier " p was erhaps impressed than any by other the g similar igantic
him power op b she eyond of enthusiasticall Goethe comparison and charmed extolled and , pronounced by him his genius as her him . authority to "While be our she and great p guide laced est poety
in any enoug the , att h interpretation empt ; none is made now to deny and limit decisions the it , pre the - effort eminence of life onl . y This provokes of Goethe seems confirmation , now and simp when le . when
But when the future Titan was confounded with the crowd , fame many , after while of the the we latter form still even of jud his ged stood productions obscurel in advance y after dwelling of the him intrinsic , upon both inferior in value rank and and and
even , mon secondary incidents who with or sound external sense conventi and ri onalism ght feeling s , —it could was candidl no com y -
assert person the truthamidst the turmoil of delusion and exaggeration . Excited by the , opinion of Rahel , love friends and admiration his brilliant of Goethe and
considered p became owerful a language sort the hi of g was hest worshi heard authorit p with on y every , her before side , the and : S his chlegel name s was or inion their here followers had thought of such homage or delivered such an
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806 Rahek.
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English Woman’s Journal (1858-1864), July 1, 1859, page 306, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ewj/issues/ewj_01071859/page/18/
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