Note 1 — FIRST PART. LIFE'S JOYS AND SORROWS. 1783 TO 1815. (continued 2)
Grace Wallace translation
[Footnote 1: Fräulein Giannatasio del Rio, in the journal she sent to the Grenz Boten in 1857, states that Beethoven once declared, "It is very pleasant to associate with the great of the earth, but one must possess some quality which inspires them with respect."]