""Pfaffen und Schulleute quälen mich unendlich, die Reformation soll [anlässlich ihres 300. Jubiläums 1817] durch hunderterley Schriften verherrlicht werden; Maler und Kupferstecher gewinnen auch was dabey. Ich fürchte nur, durch alle diese Bemühungen kommt die Sache in's Klare, daß die Figuren ihren poetischen, mythologischen Anstrich verlieren. Denn, unter uns gesagt, ist an der ganzen Sache nichts interessant als Luthers Charakter und es ist auch das Einzige, was der Menge eigentlich imponirt. Alles Übrige ist ein verworrener Quark, wie er uns noch täglich zur Last fällt."- Johann Wolfgang von Goethe: Brief an Carl Ludwig von Knebel „Weimar d. 22. August 1817“ zeno.org"
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