（_einnehmen_）　great　part　of　this　terrestrial　Planet！〃
  And　now　let　the　sympathizing　reader　judge　of　our　feeling　when；　in　place　of　this　same　Autobiography　with　〃fullest　insight；〃　we　findSix　considerable
  PAPER…BAGS；　carefully　sealed；　and　marked　successively；　in　gilt　China…ink；　with　the　symbols　of　the　Six　southern　Zodiacal　Signs；　beginning　at　Libra；　in　the　inside　of　which　sealed　Bags　lie　miscellaneous　masses　of　Sheets；　and　oftener　Shreds　and　Snips；　written　in　Professor　Teufelsdrockh's　scarce　legible　_cursiv…schrift_；　and　treating　of　all　imaginable　things　under　the　Zodiac　and　above　it；　but　of　his　own　personal　history　only　at　rare　intervals；　and　then　in　the　most　enigmatic　manner。
  Whole　fascicles　there　are；　wherein　the　Professor；　or；　as　he　here；　speaking　in　the　third　person；　calls　himself；　〃the　Wanderer；〃　is　not　once　named。　Then　again；　amidst　what　seems　to　be　a　Metaphysico…theological　Disquisition；　〃Detached　Thoughts　on　the　Steam…engine；〃　or；　〃The　continued　Possibility　of　Prophecy；〃　we　shall　meet　with　some　quite　private；　not　unimportant　Biographical　fact。　　On　certain　sheets　stand　Dreams；　authentic　or　not；　while　the　circumjacent　waking　Actions　are　omitted。　　Anecdotes；　oftenest　without　date　of　place　or　time；　fly　loosely　on　separate　slips；　like　Sibylline　leaves。　　Interspersed　also　are　long　purely　Autobiographical　delineations；　yet　without　connection；　without　recognizable　coherence；　so　unimportant；　so　superfluously　minute；　they　almost　remind　us　of　〃P。P。　Clerk　of　this　Parish。〃　Thus　does　famine　of　intelligence　alternate　with　waste。　　Selection；　order；　appears　to　be　unknown　to　the　Professor。　　In　all　Bags　the　same　imbroglio；　only　perhaps　in　the　Bag　_Capricorn_；　and　those　near　it；　the　confusion　a　little　worse　confounded。　　Close　by　a　rather　eloquent　Oration；　〃On　receiving　the　Doctor's…Hat；〃　lie　wash…bills；　marked　_bezahlt_　（settled）。　　His　Travels　are　indicated　by　the　Street…Advertisements　of　the　various　cities　he　has　visited；　of　which　Street…Advertisements；　in　most　living　tongues；　here　is　perhaps　the　completest　collection　extant。
  So　that　if　the　Clothes…Volume　itself　was　too　like　a　Chaos；　we　have　now　instead　of　the　solar　Luminary　that　should　still　it；　the　airy　Limbo　which　by　intermixture　will　farther　volatilize　and　discompose　it！　　As　we　shall　perhaps　see　it　our　duty　ultimately　to　deposit　these　Six　Paper…Bags　in　the　British　Museum；　farther　description；　and　all　vituperation　of　them；　may　be　spared。　　Biography　or　Autobiography　of　Teufelsdrockh　there　is；　clearly　enough；　none　to　be　gleaned　here：　　at　most　some　sketchy；　shadowy　fugitive　likeness　of　him　may；　by　unheard…of　efforts；　partly　of　intellect；　partly　of　imagination；　on　the　side　of　Editor　and　of　Reader；　rise　up　between　them。　Only　as　a　gaseous…chaotic　Appendix　to　that　aqueous…chaotic　Volume　can　the　contents　of　the　Six　Bags　hover　round　us；　and　portions　thereof　be　incorporated　with　our　delineation　of　it。
  Daily　and　nightly　does　the　Editor　sit　（with　green　spectacles）　deciphering　these　unimaginable　Documents　from　their　perplexed　_cursiv…schrift_；　collating　them　with　the　almost　equally　unimaginable　Volume；　which　stands　in　legible　print。　　Over　such　a　universal　medley　of　high　and　low；　of　hot；　cold；　moist　and　dry；　is　he　here　struggling　（by　union　of　like　with　like；　which　is　Method）　to　build　a　firm　Bridge　for　British　travellers。　　Never　perhaps　since　our　first　Bridge…builders；　Sin　and　Death；　built　that　stupendous　Arch　from　Hell…gate　to　the　Earth；　did　any　Pontifex；　or　Pontiff；　undertake　such　a　task　as　the　present　Editor。　　For　in　this　Arch　too；　leading；　as　we　humbly　presume；　far　otherwards　than　that　grand　primeval　one；　the　materials　are　to　be　fished　up　from　the　weltering　deep；　and　down　from　the　simmering　air；　here　one　mass；　there　another；　and　cunningly　cemented；　while　the　elements　boil　beneath：　　nor　is　there　any　supernatural　force　to　do　it　with；　but　simply　the　Diligence　and　feeble　thinking　Faculty　of　an　English　Editor；　endeavoring　to　evolve　printed　Creation　out　of　a　German　printed　and　written　Chaos；　wherein；　as　he　shoots　to　and　fro　in　it；　gathering；　clutching；　piecing　the　Why　to　the　far…distant　Wherefore；　his　whole　Faculty　and　Self　are　like　to　be　swallowed　up。
  Patiently；　under　these　incessant　toils　and　agitations；　does　the　Editor；　dismissing　all　anger；　see　his　otherwise　robust　health　declining；　some　fraction　of　his　allotted　natural　sleep　nightly　leaving　him；　and　little　but　an　inflamed　nervous…system　to　be　looked　for。　　What　is　the　use　of　health；　or　of　life；　if　not　to　do　some　work　therewith？　　And　what　work　nobler　than　transplanting　foreign　Thought　into　the　barren　domestic　soil；　except　indeed　planting　Thought　of　your　own；　which　the　fewest　are　privileged　to　do？　　Wild　as　it　looks；　this　Philosophy　of　Clothes；　can　we　ever　reach　its　real　meaning；　promises　to　reveal　new…coming　Eras；　the　first　dim　rudiments　and　already…budding　germs　of　a　nobler　Era；　in　Universal　History。　　Is　not　such　a　prize　worth　some　striving？　　Forward　with　us；　courageous　reader；　be　it　towards　failure；　or　towards　success！　　The　latter　thou　sharest　with　us；　the　former　also　is　not　all　our　own。
  BOOK　II。
  CHAPTER　I。　GENESIS。
  In　a　psychological　point　of　view；　it　is　perhaps　questionable　whether　from　birth　and　genealogy；　how　closely　scrutinized　soever；　much　insight　is　to　be　gained。　　Nevertheless；　as　in　every　phenomenon　the　Beginning　remains　always　the　most　notable　moment；　so；　with　regard　to　any　great　man；　we　rest　not　till；　for　our　scientific　profit　or　not；　the　whole　circumstances　of　his　first　appearance　in　this　Planet；　and　what　manner　of　Public　Entry　he　made；　are　with　utmost　completeness　rendered　manifest。　　To　the　Genesis　of　our　Clothes…Philosopher；　then；　be　this　First　Chapter　consecrated。　　Unhappily；　indeed；　he　seems　to　be　of　quite　obscure　extraction；　uncertain；　we　might　almost　say；　whether　of　any：　　so　that　this　Genesis　of　his　can　properly　be　nothing　but　an　Exodus　（or　transit　out　of　Invisibility　into　Visibility）；　whereof　the　preliminary　portion　is　nowhere　forthcoming。
  〃In　the　village　of　Entepfuhl；〃　thus　writes　he；　in　the　Bag　_Libra_；　on　various　Papers；　which　we　arrange　with　difficulty；　〃dwelt　Andreas　Futteral　and　his　wife；　childless；　in　still　seclusion；　and　cheerful　though　now　verging　towards　old　age。　　Andreas　had　been　grenadier　Sergeant；　and　even　regimental　Schoolmaster　under　Frederick　the　Great；　but　now；　quitting　the　halbert　and　ferule　for　the　spade　and　pruning…hook；　cultivated　a　little　Orchard；　on　the　produce　of　which　he；　Cincinnatus…like；　lived　not　without　dignity。　　Fruits；　the　peach；　the　apple；　the　grape；　with　other　varieties　came　in　their　season；　all　which　Andreas　knew　how　to　sell：　　on　evenings　he　smoked　largely；　or　read　（as　beseemed　a　regimental　Schoolmaster）；　and　talked　to　neighbors　that　would　listen　about　the　Victory　of　Rossbach；　and　how　Fritz　the　Only　（_der　Einzige_）　had　once　with　his　own　royal　lips　spoken　to　him；　had　been　pleased　to　say；　when　Andreas　as　camp…sentinel　demanded　the　pass…word；　'_Schweig　Hund_　（Peace；　hound）！'　before　any　of　his　staff…adjutants　could　answer。　'_Das　nenn'　ich　mir　einen　Konig_；　There　is　what　I　call　a　King；'　would　Andreas　exclaim：　　'but　the　smoke　of　Kunersdorf　was　still　smarting　his　eyes。'
  〃Gretchen；　the　housewife；　won　like　Desdemona　by　the　deeds　rather　than　the　looks　of　her　now　veteran　Othello；　lived　not　in　altogether　military　subordination；　for；　as　Andreas　said；　'the　womankind　will　not　drill　（_wer　kann　die　Weiberchen　dressiren_）：'　nevertheless　she　at　heart　loved　him　both　for　valor　and　wisdom；　to　her　a　Prussian　grenadier　Sergeant　and　Regiment's　Schoolmaster　was　little　other　than　a　Cicero　and　Cid：　　what　you　see；　yet　cannot　see　over；　is　as　good　as　infinite。　　Nay；　was　not　Andreas　in　very　deed　a　man　of　order；　courage；　downrightness　（_Geradheit_）；　that　understood　Busching's　_Geography_；　had　been　in　the　victory　of　Rossbach；　and　left　for　dead　in　the　camisade　of　Hochkirch？　　The　good　Gretchen；　for　all　her　fretting；　watched　over　him　and　hovered　round　him　as　only　a　true　house…mother　can：　　assiduously　she　cooked　and　sewed　and　scoured　for　him；　so　that　not　only　his　old　regimental　sword　and　grenadier…cap；　but　the　whole　habitation　and　environment；　where　on　pegs　of　honor　they　hung；　looked　ever　trim　and　gay：　　a　roomy　painted　Cottage；　embowered　in　fruit…trees　and　forest…trees；　evergreens　and　honeysuckles；　rising　many…colored　from　amid　shaven　grass…plots；　flowers　struggling　in　through　the　very　windows；　under　its　long　projecting　eaves　nothing　but　garden…tools　in　methodic　piles　（to　screen　them　from　rain）；　and　seats　where；　especially　on　summer　nights；　a　King　might　have　wished　to　sit　and　smoke；　and　call　it　his。　　Such　a　Bauergut　（Copyhold）　had　Gretchen　given　her　veteran；　whose　sinewy　arms；　and　long…disused　gardening　talent；　had　made　it　what　you　saw。
  〃Into　this　umbrageous　Man's…nest；　one　meek　yellow　evening　or　dusk；　when　the　Sun；　hidden　indeed　from　terrestrial　Entepfuhl；　did　nevertheless　journey　visible　and　radiant　along　the　celestial　Balance　（_Libra_）；　it　was　that　a　Stranger　of　reverend　aspect　entered；　and；　with　grave　salutation；　stood　before　the　two　rather　astonished　housemates。　　He　was　close…muffled　in　a　wide　mantle；　which　without　farther　parley　unfolding；　he　deposited　therefrom　what　seemed　some　Basket；　overhung　with　green　Persian　silk；　saying　only：　_Ihr　lieben　Leute；　hier　bringe　ein　unschatzbares　Verleihen；　nehmt　es　in