Note 113 — INTRODUCTION. (continued 2)
Christian D. (Christian David) Ginsburg translation
1790. It is indeed cheering to meet again with some glimpses of light amidst the dense darkness which gathered around this book. Ammon not only vindicated its unity against some of his contemporaries, but showed that it celebrates the victory of true and chaste love in humble life over the allurements of courtly grandeur.113