Letters from Switzerland and Travels in Italy

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Letters from Switzerland and Travels in Italy is by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, in a translation credited to the Rev. A. J. W. Morrison. The contents list Letters from Switzerland and Travels in Italy.

One entry dated October 24th says the writer rode up Mont, a little scattered village, in company with a captain and an upper ranger of the forests in these parts. The writer describes a view of the Lake of Geneva and the mountains of Savoy and Valais, with Mont Blanc, which towers above all the mountains of Faucigni, standing out more and more distinctly. A reflective remark says that whoever here looks around with earnestness, and has eyes to see, must become in a measure solid. An entry dated Taormina, Monday, May 7, 1787, says God be thanked that all that has here been seen this day has been already amply described.

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Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749-1832) was a German poet, novelist, and statesman widely regarded as the greatest figure of German literature. His range, from Werther to Faust, shaped European culture for generations.