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R. has to work on the “Album Leaf” for Mrs Schott. Several singers respond to the circular, and very kindly. R. is still very unwell; the rash on his three fingers torments him greatly.  Read Gfrörer in the evening. Mr Glatz still unwell, little hope for Siegfried! … In the…

R. saddened by the hopelessness of Glatz! “I must have savages,” says R., “not cultivated barbarians.” I write to Baron Normann to inquire about a tenor, Mr Schwab, who recommended himself. –  I'm now reading "Nathan the Wise" with the children and I am again deeply moved by much of…

R. not very well, Mr Glatz also unwell, no studies, although there were discussions, and indeed not pleasant ones; it is important to prove to the good man that he has learned nothing and will learn nothing from Mrs Richter! R. and I are very melancholy that probably one hope…

Richter's wedding day! –  In the morning R. says to me: "I am ever more convinced of the truth of Voltaire's words, that religion cannot be absurd enough for the common people, and that Christianity cannot be separated from its Jewish foundation. The Father in heaven belongs to this idea,…

R. had a better night and begins his studies with Mr Glatz; there is much to be done, but he is not without hope. Coffee gathering for me, for R. the visit from Mr Skutsch, who had been in Leipzig to seek advice; it turns out that nothing can be…

R. reads a lot of Gfrörer; the seven-day silence before the judgment in the books of the Jewish mystics makes a great impression on him.  Image: … as the world was created in seven days, so it ends with seven days of silence. That the beginning of that world is…