d　inert；　looking　over　the　Desert；　foolishly　enough；　for　the　last　three　thousand　years：　　but　canst　thou　not　open　thy　Hebrew　BIBLE；　then；　or　even　Luther's　Version　thereof？〃
  No　less　satisfactory　is　his　sudden　appearance　not　in　Battle；　yet　on　some　Battle…field；　which；　we　soon　gather；　must　be　that　of　Wagram；　so　that　here；　for　once；　is　a　certain　approximation　to　distinctness　of　date。　　Omitting　much；　let　us　impart　what　follows：
  〃Horrible　enough！　　A　whole　Marchfeld　strewed　with　shell…splinters；　cannon…shot；　ruined　tumbrils；　and　dead　men　and　horses；　stragglers　still　remaining　not　so　much　as　buried。　　And　those　red　mould　heaps；　ay；　there　lie　the　Shells　of　Men；　out　of　which　all　the　Life　and　Virtue　has　been　blown；　and　now　are　they　swept　together；　and　crammed　down　out　of　sight；　like　blown　Egg…shells！Did　Nature；　when　she　bade　the　Donau　bring　down　his　mould…cargoes　from　the　Carinthian　and　Carpathian　Heights；　and　spread　them　out　here　into　the　softest；　richest　level；intend　thee；　O　Marchfeld；　for　a　corn…bearing　Nursery；　whereon　her　children　might　be　nursed；　or　for　a　Cockpit；　wherein　they　might　the　more　commodiously　be　throttled　and　tattered？　　Were　thy　three　broad　Highways；　meeting　here　from　the　ends　of　Europe；　made　for　Ammunition…wagons；　then？　　Were　thy　Wagrams　and　Stillfrieds　but　so　many　ready…built　Casemates；　wherein　the　house　of　Hapsburg　might　batter　with　artillery；　and　with　artillery　be　battered？　　Konig　Ottokar；　amid　yonder　hillocks；　dies　under　Rodolf's　truncheon；　here　Kaiser　Franz　falls　a…swoon　under　Napoleon's：　　within　which　five　centuries；　to　omit　the　others；　how　has　thy　breast；　fair　Plain；　been　defaced　and　defiled！　　The　greensward　is　torn　up　and　trampled　down；　man's　fond　care　of　it；　his　fruit…trees；　hedge…rows；　and　pleasant　dwellings；　blown　away　with　gunpowder；　and　the　kind　seedfield　lies　a　desolate；　hideous　Place　of　Skulls。Nevertheless；　Nature　is　at　work；　neither　shall　these　Powder…Devilkins　with　their　utmost　devilry　gainsay　her：　　but　all　that　gore　and　carnage　will　be　shrouded　in；　absorbed　into　manure；　and　next　year　the　Marchfeld　will　be　green；　nay　greener。　Thrifty　unwearied　Nature；　ever　out　of　our　great　waste　educing　some　little　profit　of　thy　own；how　dost　thou；　from　the　very　carcass　of　the　Killer；　bring　Life　for　the　Living！
  〃What；　speaking　in　quite　unofficial　language；　is　the　net　purport　and　upshot　of　war？　　To　my　own　knowledge；　for　example；　there　dwell　and　toil；　in　the　British　village　of　Dumdrudge；　usually　some　five　hundred　souls。　　From　these；　by　certain　'Natural　Enemies'　of　the　French；　there　are　successively　selected；　during　the　French　war；　say　thirty　able…bodied　men；　Dumdrudge；　at　her　own　expense；　has　suckled　and　nursed　them：　　she　has；　not　without　difficulty　and　sorrow；　fed　them　up　to　manhood；　and　even　trained　them　to　crafts；　so　that　one　can　weave；　another　build；　another　hammer；　and　the　weakest　can　stand　under　thirty　stone　avoirdupois。　　Nevertheless；　amid　much　weeping　and　swearing；　they　are　selected；　all　dressed　in　red；　and　shipped　away；　at　the　public　charges；　some　two　thousand　miles；　or　say　only　to　the　south　of　Spain；　and　fed　there　till　wanted。　　And　now　to　that　same　spot；　in　the　south　of　Spain；　are　thirty　similar　French　artisans；　from　a　French　Dumdrudge；　in　like　manner　wending：　　till　at　length；　after　infinite　effort；　the　two　parties　come　into　actual　juxtaposition；　and　Thirty　stands　fronting　Thirty；　each　with　a　gun　in　his　hand。　　Straightaway　the　word　'Fire！'　is　given；　and　they　blow　the　souls　out　of　one　another；　and　in　place　of　sixty　brisk　useful　craftsmen；　the　world　has　sixty　dead　carcasses；　which　it　must　bury；　and　anew　shed　tears　for。　　Had　these　men　any　quarrel？　　Busy　as　the　Devil　is；　not　the　smallest！　　They　lived　far　enough　apart；　were　the　entirest　strangers；　nay；　in　so　wide　a　Universe；　there　was　even；　unconsciously；　by　Commerce；　some　mutual　helpfulness　between　them。　　How　then？　　Simpleton！　their　Governors　had　fallen　out；　and　instead　of　shooting　one　another；　had　the　cunning　to　make　these　poor　blockheads　shoot。Alas；　so　is　it　in　Deutschland；　and　hitherto　in　all　other　lands；　still　as　of　old；　'what　devilry　soever　Kings　do；　the　Greeks　must　pay　the　piper！'In　that　fiction　of　the　English　Smollett；　it　is　true；　the　final　Cessation　of　War　is　perhaps　prophetically　shadowed　forth；　where　the　two　Natural　Enemies；　in　person；　take　each　a　Tobacco…pipe；　filled　with　Brimstone；　light　the　same；　and　smoke　in　one　another's　faces；　till　the　weaker　gives　in：　　but　from　such　predicted　Peace…Era；　what　blood…filled　trenches；　and　contentious　centuries；　may　still　divide　us！〃
  Thus　can　the　Professor；　at　least　in　lucid　intervals；　look　away　from　his　own　sorrows；　over　the　many…colored　world；　and　pertinently　enough　note　what　is　passing　there。　　We　may　remark；　indeed；　that　for　the　matter　of　spiritual　culture；　if　for　nothing　else；　perhaps　few　periods　of　his　life　were　richer　than　this。　　Internally；　there　is　the　most　momentous　instructive　Course　of　Practical　Philosophy；　with　Experiments；　going　on；　towards　the　right　comprehension　of　which　his　Peripatetic　habits；　favorable　to　Meditation；　might　help　him　rather　than　hinder。　　Externally；　again；　as　he　wanders　to　and　fro；　there　are；　if　for　the　longing　heart　little　substance；　yet　for　the　seeing　eye　sights　enough　in　these　so　boundless　Travels　of　his；　granting　that　the　Satanic　School　was　even　partially　kept　down；　what　an　incredible　knowledge　of　our　Planet；　and　its　Inhabitants　and　their　Works；　that　is　to　say；　of　all　knowable　things；　might　not　Teufelsdrockh　acquire！
  〃I　have　read　in　most　Public　Libraries；〃　says　he；　〃including　those　of　Constantinople　and　Samarcand：　　in　most　Colleges；　except　the　Chinese　Mandarin　ones；　I　have　studied；　or　seen　that　there　was　no　studying。　　Unknown　Languages　have　I　oftenest　gathered　from　their　natural　repertory；　the　Air；　by　my　organ　of　Hearing；　Statistics；　Geographics；　Topographics　came；　through　the　Eye；　almost　of　their　own　accord。　　The　ways　of　Man；　how　he　seeks　food；　and　warmth；　and　protection　for　himself；　in　most　regions；　are　ocularly　known　to　me。　　Like　the　great　Hadrian；　I　meted　out　much　of　the　terraqueous　Globe　with　a　pair　of　Compasses　that　belonged　to　myself　only。
  〃Of　great　Scenes　why　speak？　　Three　summer　days；　I　lingered　reflecting；　and　even　composing　（_dichtete_）；　by　the　Pine…chasms　of　Vaucluse；　and　in　that　clear　Lakelet　moistened　my　bread。　　I　have　sat　under　the　Palm…trees　of　Tadmor；　smoked　a　pipe　among　the　ruins　of　Babylon。　　The　great　Wall　of　China　I　have　seen；　and　can　testify　that　it　is　of　gray　brick；　coped　and　covered　with　granite；　and　shows　only　second…rate　masonry。Great　Events；　also；　have　not　I　witnessed？　　Kings　sweated　down　（_ausgemergelt_）　into　Berlin…and…Milan　Customhouse…Officers；　the　World　well　won；　and　the　World　well　lost；　oftener　than　once　a　hundred　thousand　individuals　shot　（by　each　other）　in　one　day。　All　kindreds　and　peoples　and　nations　dashed　together；　and　shifted　and　shovelled　into　heaps；　that　they　might　ferment　there；　and　in　time　unite。　The　birth…pangs　of　Democracy；　wherewith　convulsed　Europe　was　groaning　in　cries　that　reached　Heaven；　could　not　escape　me。
  〃For　great　Men　I　have　ever　had　the　warmest　predilection；　and　can　perhaps　boast　that　few　such　in　this　era　have　wholly　escaped　me。　　Great　Men　are　the　inspired　（speaking　and　acting）　Texts　of　that　divine　BOOK　OF　REVELATIONS；　whereof　a　Chapter　is　completed　from　epoch　to　epoch；　and　by　some　named　HISTORY；　to　which　inspired　Texts　your　numerous　talented　men；　and　your　innumerable　untalented　men；　are　the　better　or　worse　exegetic　Commentaries；　and　wagon…load　of　too…stupid；　heretical　or　orthodox；　weekly　Sermons。　　For　my　study；　the　inspired　Texts　themselves！　　Thus　did　not　I；　in　very　early　days；　having　disguised　me　as　tavern…waiter；　stand　behind　the　field…chairs；　under　that　shady　Tree　at　Treisnitz　by　the　Jena　Highway；　waiting　upon　the　great　Schiller　and　greater　Goethe；　and　hearing　what　I　have　not　forgotten。　For〃
  But　at　this　point　the　Editor　recalls　his　principle　of　caution；　some　time　ago　laid　down；　and　must　suppress　much。　　Let　not　the　sacredness　of　Laurelled；　still　more；　of　Crowned　Heads；　be　tampered　with。　　Should　we；　at　a　future　day；　find　circumstances　altered；　and　the　time　come　for　Publication；　then　may　these　glimpses　into　the　privacy　of　the　Illustrious　be　conceded；　which　for　the　present　were　little　better　than　treacherous；　perhaps　traitorous　Eavesdroppings。　　Of　Lord　Byron；　therefore；　of　Pope　Pius；　Emperor　Tarakwang；　and　the　〃White　Water…roses〃　（Chinese　Carbonari）　with　their　mysteries；　no　notice　here！　　Of　Napoleon　himself　we　shall　only；　glancing　from　afar；　remark　that　Teufelsdrockh's　relation　to　him　seems　to　have　been　of　very　varied　character。　　At　first　we　find　our　poor　Professor　on　the　point　of　being　shot　as　a　spy；　then　taken　into　private　conversation；　even　pinched　on　the　ear；　yet　presented　with　no　money；　at　last　indignantly　dismissed；　almost　thrown　out　of　doors；　as　an　〃Ideologist。〃　　〃He　himself；〃　says　the　Professor；　〃was　among　the　completest　Ideologists；　at　least　Ideopraxists：　in　the　Idea　（_in　der　Idee_）　he　lived；　moved　and　fought。　　The　man　was　a　Divine　Missionary；　though　unconscious　of　it；　and　preached；　through　the　cannon's　throat；　that　great　doctrine；　_La　carriere　ouverte　aux　talens_　（The　Tools　to　him　that　can　handle　them）；　which　is　our　ultimate　Political　Evangel；　wherein　alone　can　liberty　lie。　　Madly　enough　he　preached；　it　is　true；