Faust in America / [Henry E. Sigerist].

  • Sigerist, Henry E. (Henry Ernest), 1891-1957.
Date:
[1934]
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    in darkness and filth? Faust once wrote that the wealthy people should be aware of the fact that poor general health conditions threatened them too. It took a long time for them to realize it, and a long time before health education reached the level it had had towards the end of the 18th century. Faust was a child of his time, with all its idealism, exuberance and sentimentality. What makes him so lovable is his great universal kindness, and the broad vision he had of whatever he attempted. All his efforts were dedicated, not to a single country, but to humanity; all his writings were deposited on an altar, the flame of which was burning for mankind, as is graphically expressed in a vignette at the end of one of his books. (Fig. 5) Fig. 5 Vignette at the end of Faust’s book “Wie der Geschlechtstrieb der Mensclien in Ordnung zu bringen, etc.,” Braunschweig, 1791.