HEINRICH HEINE - Repositories
HEINRICH HEINE - Repositories HEINRICH HEINE - Repositories
I04 J^eme* PROTESTANTISM. At an earlier period, when philosophy possessed for me a paramount interest, I prized Protestantism only for its services in winning freedom of thought, which, after all, is the foundation on which in later times Leibnitz, Kant, and Hegel could build. Luther, the strong man with the axe, must, in the very nature of things, have preceded these warriors, to open a path for them. For this service I have honored the Reformation as being the beginning of German philosophy, which justified my polemical defence of Protestantism, Now in my later and more mature days, when the religious feeling again sure:es up in me, and the shipwrecked metaphysician clings fast to the Bible, — now I chiefly honor Protestantism for its services in the discovery and propagation of the Bible. THE VIRGIN MARY. Madonna ]Maria was the pretty dame du comptoir of the Catholic Church, whose customers, especially the barbarians of the North, she attracted and held fast by her celestial smiles.
i$tittt. 105 A. D. 1848. Unprecedented and fabulous were indeed the events of those crazy February days, when the wisdom of the wisest was brought to naught; and the chosen ones of imbecility were raised aloft in triumph. The last became the first, and the lowliest became the highest. Matter, like thought, was turned upside down, and the world was topsy-turvy. If in those mad days I had been sane, those events would surely have cost me my wits; but, lunatic as I then was, the contrary necessarily came to pass, and, strange to say, just in the days of universal madness I regained my reason! Like many other divinities of that revolutionary period, I was compelled to abdicate ignominiously, and to return to the lowly life of humanity. I came back into the humble fold of God's creatures. I again bowed in homage to the almighty power of a Supreme Being. THE NATIONAL DISH, The table was laid. And now the smell ')f old German cookery rose gay, Ah, blessed be thou, my sour kraut — Thy scent to me is a nosegay " I
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I04<br />
J^eme*<br />
PROTESTANTISM.<br />
At an earlier period, when philosophy<br />
possessed for me a paramount interest,<br />
I prized Protestantism only for its services<br />
in winning freedom of thought,<br />
which, after all, is the foundation on<br />
which in later times Leibnitz, Kant,<br />
and Hegel could build. Luther, the<br />
strong man with the axe, must, in the<br />
very nature of things, have preceded<br />
these warriors, to open a path for them.<br />
For this service I have honored the<br />
Reformation as being the beginning of<br />
German philosophy, which justified my<br />
polemical defence of Protestantism,<br />
Now in my later and more mature days,<br />
when the religious feeling again sure:es<br />
up in me, and the shipwrecked metaphysician<br />
clings fast to the Bible, —<br />
now I chiefly honor Protestantism for<br />
its services in the discovery and propagation<br />
of the Bible.<br />
THE VIRGIN MARY.<br />
Madonna ]Maria was the pretty dame<br />
du comptoir of the Catholic Church,<br />
whose customers, especially the barbarians<br />
of the North, she attracted and<br />
held fast by her celestial smiles.
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