A history of criticism and literary taste in Europe, from the earliest texts to the present day. Volume 3 (of 3), Modern criticism

Note 746 — Chapter III · GOETHE AND HIS CONTEMPORARIES.

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Herr Boas, op. cit. inf., cites Gervinus as saying that his investigations entirely confirmed the Xenien estimates. I have not verified the quotation, but I know enough of Gervinus (see on him inf.) to be certain that his judgment would have been equally accommodating whatever these estimates had been.

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