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George Ticknor, Life, letters and journals of George Ticknor (ed. George Hillard) | 32 | 0 | Browse | Search |
Cambridge History of American Literature: volume 3 (ed. Trent, William Peterfield, 1862-1939., Erskine, John, 1879-1951., Sherman, Stuart Pratt, 1881-1926., Van Doren, Carl, 1885-1950.) | 12 | 0 | Browse | Search |
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George Ticknor, Life, letters and journals of George Ticknor (ed. George Hillard), Chapter 4 : (search)
Chapter 4:
Residence in Gottingen till the end of 1815.
University life.
his own studies.
Bencke, Eichhorn, Blumenbach, Schultze, Michaelis, Kastner.
Wolf.
excursion to Hanover.
On arriving at Gottingen, which was to be Mr. Ticknor's home for twenty months, he felt like the pilgrim who had reached the shrine of his faith; here he found the means and instruments of knowledge in an abundance and excellence such as he had never before even imagined.
Gottingen was at that time the seat of the leading university in Germany, occupying much the same comparative position as that of Berlin does now. Founded by George II., it owed its rank and eminence, in a great measure, to the fostering care of the king's enlightened Hanoverian minister, Baron Munchausen, who watched over its interests with a vigilance and constancy which had something of the warmth of personal affection.
Another of its benefactors, in a different way, was the illustrious Heyne, who had died in 1812, af
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