~Wisdom, Morality and Religion~ 139 The Highest 141 Piety and Natural Science 142 Misrepresented 143 Philosopher and Bigot 144 Theological Hedonists 145 Friend and Enemy 146 Distinction 147 Perfection 148 Goodness and Greatness 149 The One Thing Needed 150 Our Duty 151 Difference in Oneness 152 Repetition 153 Utility 154 Harm 155 Discipline 156 Comfort 157 Analytical Truth-Seekers 158 Depreciated Coin 159 Ritual 160 Mystics 161 Light and Color 162 Not Irreligious 163 Our Father 164 ~Notes~ 165 THE HISTORY AND POETICAL FORM OF THE XENIONS. The History of the Xenions. The appearance of the Xenions, a collection of satirical epigrams in the _Musen-Almanach_ of 1797, is a memorable event in the literature of Germany. With the end of the eighteenth century a new era had commenced. The idea of evolution, first clearly pronounced by Caspar Friedrich Wolff in his theory of epigenesis,[A] pointed out new aims of investigation in the realm of natural sciences; Kant’s _Critique of Pure Reason_ propounded new problems in philosophy; and Beethoven conceived his grand sonatas, which reflected the spirit of an all-comprehensive aspiration in the soul-stirring notes of music. New ideals, religious, moral, and social, had dawned upon mankind, and the two great apostles of this movement in the domain of poetry were Goethe and Schiller. [A] His _Theoria Generationis_ appeared in 1759. It is well known what good friends Goethe and Schiller were. After the two great poets had become personally acquainted they inspired, criticised, and corrected each other. Their common ideal became the firm basis of their mutual friendship, and the chief monument of their alliance is the collection of satirical distichs known as the Xenions.