The conduct of life he made a subject of profound reflection, and no modern writer illuminates it with a light at once so clear and so steady. It is for this reason that a quite peculiar relation springs up between Goethe and those who feel the power and the charm of his genius. They go back again and again to his works, his letters, his “Conversations,” and never fail to find in them some fruitful word that brings with it fresh hope and courage. His wise and noble sayings are the more inspiring because they almost invariably suggest deeper meanings than they directly utter. The mind, in appropriating them, is placed in contact, not with abstract dogmas, but with life itself, and is stimulated to the free exercise of its own energies. Goethe had an almost unequalled opportunity of developing his powers, and apprehended vividly the full extent of the obligation it imposed. His life, therefore, has the note of greatness which distinguishes his writings. It was a life of lofty aim and strenuous endeavour, and left a mark, wide, deep, and abiding, on the thought and aspiration of mankind. THE END. INDEX. A. “Alexis und Dora,” 146 Anson, Lord, his “Voyage Round the World,” 16 Arnim, Bettina von, 159 “Aufgeregten, Die,” 132 B. Ballads, by Goethe, 147; by Schiller, 147 Basedow, 80 Beaumarchais, Memoirs of, 68 “Belinden, An,” 84 Behrisch, 27 Böhme, Professor, 25 Bologna, 107, 111 Boswell, 34, 175 Breitkopf, 27, 34 Brentano, Maximiliane, 59 Brion, Frederika, Goethe’s love for, 41; his parting from, 43; her influence on Goethe, 45; her relation to Maria in “Goetz,” 57; to Maria in “Clavigo,” 69; to Gretchen in “Faust,” 75; Goethe visits, in 1779, 99; in “Dichtung und Wahrheit,” 42, 167 Buff, Charlotte, 51, 58, 60, 66 C. Carlyle, 176, 178, 185 Cellini, Benvenuto, 148 “Claudine von Villa Bella,” 69, 114 “Clavigo,” 68 Clodius, 31 Cuvier, 177 D. “Dichtung und Wahrheit,” 167 Dresden, Goethe studies the picture gallery at, 28 E. Eckermann, 130, 174, 175, 176, 180 “Egmont,” 114, 120 Emmendingen, 59, 83, 99 Ernesti, 24 “Erwin und Elmire,” 69, 114 F. Fahlmer, Johanna, 80, 99 “Faust,” in its earliest form, 72-78; Goethe works at, in Rome, 114; “Faust: A Fragment,” published in 1790, 127; continued, 153; the First Part, published in 1808, 161-166; the Second Part, 180 Fichte, 150 Frankfort, Goethe’s knowledge of, 14 “Frankfurter Gelehrten Anzeigen,” the, 49 G. “Geheimnisse, Die,” 103 Gellert, 24 Goethe, Catharine Elizabeth, Goethe’s mother, 12, 16, 18, 33, 160 Goethe, Christiane, Goethe’s wife, 117, 131, 154, 156, 157, 160, 169 Goethe, Cornelia, Goethe’s sister, 13, 17, 32, 48, 59, 83, 99 Goethe, Frederick George, Goethe’s grandfather, 11 Goethe, Johann Kaspar, Goethe’s father, 12, 14, 17, 19, 22, 90, 99