Word: herder
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...force of Individualism is illustrated by the works of Lessing, Herder, Schiller and Goethe. Germans may well be proud of Lessing, for throughout his life he fought for noble causes. He fairly respected the rights of his opponents and, though falsely accused by the ignorant, he never wavered in his work. In judging Lessing we must take into consideration the circumstances under which he wrote since many of the reforms for which he strove, have now been established. But although his works are not now of the same value as they were, their effect on German life will never cease...
...that in French, and it is generally conceded that a student cannot get along in any branch of science now-a-days without a working knowledge of the former language. Moreover, why should not the students at large have equal opportunities to listen to evening lectures on Goethe, Schiller, Herder and Heine, as well as those given so often on the representative authors of France? Will not the authorities take immediate measures to improve so important a department as is the German department. It should be raised at once to a level with the other departments which bring credit...
German 3 begins to read Herder...