Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Quote

He who would study organic existence, First drives out the soul with rigid persistence; Then the parts in his hand he may hold and class, But the spiritual link is lost,


Translated by Bayard Taylor, Faust, IV (p. 66)


He who would study organic existence, First drives out the soul with rigid persistence; Then the parts in his hand he may hold and class, But the...

He who would study organic existence, First drives out the soul with rigid persistence; Then the parts in his hand he may hold and class, But the...

He who would study organic existence, First drives out the soul with rigid persistence; Then the parts in his hand he may hold and class, But the...

He who would study organic existence, First drives out the soul with rigid persistence; Then the parts in his hand he may hold and class, But the...