Word: schwindelkopf
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...encouraged him to write only fanciful verse that had nothing to do with life or the natural world he was exploring in his scientific studies. He had started dozens of other manuscripts, and seemed unable to finish many of them satisfactorily. He was what the Germans call a Schwindelkopf (spinning head), hopelessly shifting from one thing to another. Abruptly, one day in 1786, he left for Italy with hardly a word of explanation. The trip was a sharp break with Charlotte. More than that, it was the quest of a confused northern Germanic soul for the sunshine of classic order...
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