Arnold, Matthew, 1886-03-11

Letter: Berlin, to Richard Garnett, 1835-1906

ALS. Declines "to say something about Goethe, of whom I have hardly ever spoken at any length." Resolves to "keep aloof from the Goethe Society and from all societies. You hardly know, perhaps, what the feeling of jealous anxiety is with which one is inclined to guard one's freedom, when at best it seems within reach." Goes on to speak of the many engagements and speeches he was "too weak to refuse."