He sat smoking, and turning over the pages of Eckermann's 'Conversations with Goethe.'
We were fortunate enough to be in time to see poor Eckermann before his total death.
Towards the end of his life, in conversation with Eckermann, he made some remarks which indicate his attitude.
Eckermann could instruct Goethe in ornithology, but could not Goethe instruct Eckermann in the meaning and mystery of the bird?
Eckermann's conversations with Goethe translated into English, 116.
