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my undertaking or determined to abandon it. However, let me be permitted to present a few thoughts for consideration on this subject. To have a German translation of J. V. Andreae’s biography would perhaps be desirable and pleasant for many to whom his own unique Latin style is still foreign; but, on one hand, I do not trust myself to provide such a translation, and on the other, I believe that much that is original and characteristic would necessarily be lost in translation. Furthermore, for a large portion of readers, explanatory notes on Andreae’s life, as he described it himself, would by no means be superfluous. However, determining the boundaries that must be set here, in order not to be too extensive for those who already know our