Excerpt from Goethe's Faust OF all modern literary productions, Goethe's Faust is entitled to be called the most remarkable and the great est. It is the master-piece not only of a great poet, but of a great nation; not only of a nation but of an age: it is the repre sentative of an era in the history of human progress. Like the master-pieces of former ages - like the Iliad of Homer, the Divine Comedy of Dante. The Dramas of Shakes peare - it has in its peculiar sphere no pro totype. Like them it may be followed by many imitations; but like them it seems to have preoccupied its own sublime re gionofpoesy. It shines there in the bright ness of immortality, and no successor can be expected to share its preeminence or dim its unapproachable splendor. 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.