“Science in Germany today is of a highly curious nature. Having hitherto almost exclusively revolved in a theoretical, abstract direction, she now with some greed turned to the practical sphere, or, more precisely, she strives to realize these results in life. Therefore, he would be very mistaken who would consider German novels, stories, poems - fiction in general - to be representative of modern German literature. No, the interests of modern Germany have expanded so much, reached such elasticity and sublimity, that the form of a work of art has become too compressed for them...”