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Excerpt from Lectures on the History of Literature, Vol. 1 of 2: Ancient and Modern During the whole of the latter part of the seven teenth, and the first half of the eighteenth century, this complete separation between the men of letters and the people of fashion, and between them and the rest of the nation, was universal throughout Germany; and, .indeed, these unnatural distinctions and their necessary consequences protracted no in considerable influence in particular quarters, long after the general mind had become sufficiently pre pared for the reception of a new state of things, and a more rational arrangement of society. 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.
