Ville, Griinstadt

P. 65, 11. 6, 8, August Friedrich Ferdinand von Kotzebue (1761-1819), dramatist and journalist, an exceedingly popular playwright for a time, but a flimsy writer, and a politician of doubtful sincerity, had been assassinated by the student Sand eighi years before. The alleged reason was, that he had lent his pen to the Absolutists, against the liberties of Germany.

1. 24. Déclinaison ; in the physical sensé, the declination or variation of the compass, a subject to which Quinet the elder paid spécial attention.