Word: rotunds
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Dates: during 1884-1884
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...writing his "Goethe and Schiller," having become a Goethe enthusiast; and he was also-a fact that was familiar to the students-enamored with the lady who has since become his wife, and who was the daughter of a New York banker. The professor's voice has a peculiar, rotund, impetuous quality, and it was never poured forth in greater volume than when he said in one of his lectures: "About this time Goethe fell in love with a rich banker's daughter in New York city." There was a roar from the students, while boots and canes rattled upon...