The Prolongation of lifePutnam, 1908 - 343 pages |
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... Werther . - Tendency to suicide . Work and love . - Goethe's conception of life in his maturity . . 261 II GOETHE AND OPTIMISM Goethe's optimistic period . - His mode of life in that period.— Influence of love in artistic production ...
... Werther . - Tendency to suicide . Work and love . - Goethe's conception of life in his maturity . . 261 II GOETHE AND OPTIMISM Goethe's optimistic period . - His mode of life in that period.— Influence of love in artistic production ...
Page 261
... Werther - Tendency to suicide - Work and love - Goethe's conception of life in his maturity THERE can be drawn from analysis of the lives of great men information that is very important in the study of the con- stitution of man . I have ...
... Werther - Tendency to suicide - Work and love - Goethe's conception of life in his maturity THERE can be drawn from analysis of the lives of great men information that is very important in the study of the con- stitution of man . I have ...
Page 263
... Werther . I shall give a few extracts to show the exact state of mind of the young pessimist . " It is the fate of some men not to be under- stood . " " Human life is a dream ; I am not the first to say that , but the idea haunts me ...
... Werther . I shall give a few extracts to show the exact state of mind of the young pessimist . " It is the fate of some men not to be under- stood . " " Human life is a dream ; I am not the first to say that , but the idea haunts me ...
Page 264
... Werther proclaimed his pessimism before his romance . with Charlotte , and it was his view of life that made his love - affair turn out unhappily . But the fame of Goethe's Werther was due , not to the tragic fate of the young lover ...
... Werther proclaimed his pessimism before his romance . with Charlotte , and it was his view of life that made his love - affair turn out unhappily . But the fame of Goethe's Werther was due , not to the tragic fate of the young lover ...
Page 265
... Werther , for it is the character of Goethe himself that is of interest . Goethe was able to subdue his passion for Lotte , and , after many amorous woes , consoled himself with another woman . Notwithstanding this difference , it is ...
... Werther , for it is the character of Goethe himself that is of interest . Goethe was able to subdue his passion for Lotte , and , after many amorous woes , consoled himself with another woman . Notwithstanding this difference , it is ...
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According activity amongst animals anthropoid apes atheroma atrophy bacillus bacteria become birds blood body Bulgarian bacillus cæca cæcum cause cells centenarians century condition degeneration developed died diseases duration Eckermann eggs elephant evil existence extremely facts fæcal matter Faust favourable females fermentation function gland Goethe Goethe's harmful human race hygiene individual insects instance instinct intestinal flora intestinal putrefaction investigation kephir known Kowalevsky lactic acid lactic microbes large intestine larvæ less live longevity macrophags males mammals microbes Moebius morality muscles muscular natural death nerve-cells normal old age organisation organs pain Paris Pasteur Pasteur Institute patient period pessimism pessimistic phagocytes phagocytosis plants poisons problem produced prolonged putrefaction quantities reach regarded relations reproduction result rotifers rudimentary senescence senile sense serums sexual sleep small intestine society soured milk species substances syphilis theory tion tissues vertebrates Werther whilst woman young youth
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Page 298 - Yes, to this thought I hold with firm persistence ; The last result of wisdom stamps it true : He only earns his freedom and existence, Who daily conquers them anew.
Page 136 - NOW king David was old and stricken in years ; and they covered him with clothes, but he gat no heat. Wherefore his servants said unto him, Let there be sought for my lord the king a young virgin: and let her stand before the king, and let her cherish him, and let her lie in thy bosom, that my lord the king may get heat.
Page 322 - Take heed that ye do not your alms before men, to be seen of them: otherwise ye have no reward of your Father which is in heaven: therefore when thou doest thine alms, do not sound a trumpet before thee, as the hypocrites do in the synagogues and in the streets, that they may have glory of men. Verily I say unto you, They have their reward.
Page 286 - Two souls, alas ! reside within my breast, And each withdraws from, and repels, its brother. One with tenacious organs holds in love And clinging lust the world in its embraces ; The other strongly sweeps, this dust above, Into the high ancestral spaces.
Page 265 - Werter is but the cry of that dim, rooted pain, under which all thoughtful men of a certain age were languishing: it paints the misery, it passionately utters the complaint; and heart and voice, all over Europe, loudly and at once respond to it.
Page 233 - Therefore I hated life ; because the work that is wrought under the sun is grievous unto me: for all is vanity and vexation of spirit.