Excerpt from Letters From Switzerland Travels in Italy, Vol. 4 If on account of the great effect which contrasts produce, orators and poets gladly make use of them even at the expense of seeking them out and bringing them from a distance, . I it must be the more agreeable to the present writer that such a decided contrast presents itself, in his Speaking of Klinger f/ after Lenz. They were cotemporaries, and in youth labored. Together. But Lenz, as a transient meteor, passed but for moment over the horizon of German literature, and suddenly vanished without leaving any trace behind. Klinger, on the 1 other hand, has maintained his position up to the present time as an author of influence, and an active man of business. Of him I will now Speak, as far as it is necessary, without. Following any farther a comparison, which suggests itself; for it has not been in secret that he has accomplished so much and exercised so great an influence, but both his works and his influence are still remembered, far and near, and are highly esteemed and appreciated. Klinger s exterior, for I always like best to begin with this, was very prepossessing. Nature had given him a tall. 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.