[Footnote 85: Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749-1832). The most illustr… — Essays

Essays — Ralph Waldo Emerson

[Footnote 85: Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749-1832). The most illustrious name in German literature; a great poet, dramatist, novelist, philosopher, and critic. The Germans regard Goethe with the same veneration we accord to Shakespeare. The colossal drama "Faust" is the most splendid product of his genius, though he wrote a large number of other plays and poems.]

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