Note 1 — FRIEDRICH NIETZSCHE

This is a reference to Seume’s poem “Die Gesänge,” the first verse of which is:—

“Wo man singet, lass dich ruhig nieder, Ohne Furcht, was man im Lande glaubt; Wo man singet, wird kein Mensch beraubt: Bösewichter haben keine Lieder.”

(Wherever people sing thou canst safely settle down without a qualm as to what the general faith of the land may be Wherever people sing, no man is ever robbed; rascals have no songs.) Popular tradition, however, renders the lines thus:—

“Wo man singt, da lass dich ruhig nieder; Base Menschen [evil men] haben keine Lieder.”