R. somewhat better; in the morning we speak much of Görres’s book, tolerable only when considered upon the foundation of Schopenhauer’s philosophy. Around midday, a letter from the children arrives, arousing great torment! …
What is to be done? Bitterness. In the evening, another kind of bitterness — Brandt, the machinist, is despondent over the local workers; says it is quite impossible to work with them.
Revised English translation by Jo Cousins.