Many Colored Threads From The Writings Of Goethe PDF Download

Excerpt from Many Colored Threads: From the Writings of Goethe There is little need of a formal introduction to this book. The name of the man from whose writings these selections have been made is of itself enough to attract the reader and to create an expectation which cannot be disappointed. It is a book of selections, and the choice having been made with carefulness and intelligence, the simple purpose which the compiler has had in mind will be fulfilled. The reader will pass some pleasant hours in turning over the pages and reading the sentences at his leisure, while his mind will be quickened and the horizon of his thoughts will be enlarged by contact with one of the great thinkers of modern times. Goethe is an author from whose writings good selections can be well taken for the reader's profit. He was able by virtue of his own genius to see more than the common man and to put his visions and his reflections in such form that others who would never have seen the things for themselves, or been able to think deeply upon them, can have the benefit of his generous study and thought. One of the high purposes of men of his exalted power is to see for their fellows, and to translate the things which are high and deep into the language of the people. 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.