Excerpt from Weimar: The Athens of Germany To the traveler who knows little or nothing about German literature, the quaint old town of Weimar is of very little interest; but to one acquainted with the classical period, it is one of the most attractive places in all Germany. In calling Weimar the "Athens of Germany," we need not go far back into the history of the city, and we need pay but little attention to it during the past three quarters of a century. In fact, the term can be applied to it for very little more than three decades, and these years arc all within the active, vigorous part of the life of Germany's greatest poet and thinker - Johann Wolfgang von Goethe. The removal from Frankfort to Weimar marks a great change in the life of Goethe, just as such a change in the life of any man of twenty-six, marks a turning-point in his development. His life of receptivity at once passed into one of activity. He was impelled to impart, to teach, to command. A position was open calling for all his ability and resources. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

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