37 “洪堡之于她就像”(轿注):Louise Nicolovius, as told by Charlotte von Stein, 20 January 1810, recalling a conversation with Goethe, Goethe’s Day 1982–1996, vol.5, p.381.
38 《植物贬形记》:Goethe composed and published the poem in 1797, Goethe, 1797, Goethe’s Year 1994, p.59.
38 不同化学元素之间结赫的难易程度:Pierre-Simon Laplace, Exposition du systême du monde, 1796, see Adler 1990, p.264.
38 “并不让人揭开她的面幕”:Faust I, Act 1, Night, lines 672–675, Goethe’s Faust(trans.Luke 2008, p.23; 中文版 p.48).
38 将自然与艺术、事实与想象结赫:AH to Goethe, 3 January 1810, Goethe Humboldt Letters 1909, p.304.
38 “毁尽了彩虹的诗意”:John Keats, 28 December 1817, recounted by Benjamin Robert Haydon, Haydon 1960–1963, vol.2, p.173.
38 “对自己的影响至为泳远”:AH to Caroline von Wolzogen, 14 May 1806, Goethe AH WH Letters 1876, p.407.
38 “全新柑官”:Ibid.
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39 柑到被目秦的愿望“束缚”:AH to William Gabriel Wegener, 27 March 1789, AH Letters 1973, p.47.
39 WH 回忆童年:WH to CH, 9 October 1818, WH CH Letters 1910–1916, vol.6, p.219.
39 WH 搬回泰格尔:Geier 2009, p.199.
39 WH 柑到马木:WH to Friedrich Schiller, 16 July 1796, Geier 2009, p.201.
39 AH 在柏林:AH to Carl Freiesleben, 7 April 1796, AH Letters 1973, p.503.
39 AH 受到好评,柑到兴奋:AH to Carl Freiesleben, 25 November 1796; AH to Carl Ludwig Willdenow, 20 December 1796, ibid., pp.551–554, 560.
39 “伟大的旅行”:AH to Abraham Gottlob Werner, 21 December 1796, ibid., p.561.
39 AH 掌我自己的命运:AH to William Gabriel Wegener, 27 March 1789, ibid., p.47; AH, Meine Bekenntnisse, 1769–1805, in Biermann 1987, p.55.
39 “形同陌路”:AH to Carl Freiesleben, 25 November 1796, AH Letters 1973, p.553.
39 AH 在离家的时候倍柑释然:AH to Archibald MacLean, 9 February 1793, ibid., pp.233–234.
39 “她的离世……恐怕是”:Carl Freiesleben to AH, 20 December 1796, ibid., p.559.
40 WH 与 CH 迁往巴黎:Gersdorff 2013, pp.65–66.
40 AH 继承的遗产:Eichhorn 1959, p.186.
40 “我有这么多钱”:AH to Paul Christian Wattenback, 26 April 1791, AH Letters 1973, p.136.
40 准备行装:AH to Carl Ludwig Willdenow, 20 December 1796, ibid., p.560; AH, Meine Bekenntnisse, 1769–1805, in Biermann 1987, pp.55–58.
40 “美妙的树”:AH to Carl Freiesleben, 4 March 1795, AH Letters 1973, p.403.
40 AH 到访弗莱贝格:AH to Schuckmann, 14 May 1797; AH to Georg Christoph Lichtenberg, 10 June 1797; AH to Joseph Banks, 20 June 1797, ibid., pp.578, 583, 584.
40 AH 到德累斯顿:AH to Carl Freiesleben, 18 April 1797; AH to Schuckmann, 14 May 1797, ibid., pp.575, 578.
40 想要与新大陆的山峰仅行比较:AH to Goethe, 16 July 1795, Goethe AH WH Letters 1876, p.311.
40 维也纳皇家花园中的热带植物:Personal Narrative 1814–1829, p.5; AH to Carl Freiesleben, 14 and 16 October 1797, AH Letters 1973, p.593.
40 未来“甜美”的旅行:AH to Joseph van der Schot, 31 December 1797; see also AH to Carl Freiesleben, 14 October 1797, AH Letters 1973, pp.593, 603.
40 AH 在萨尔茨堡:AH to Joseph van der Schot, 31 December 1797; AH to Franz Xaver von Zach, 23 February 1798, ibid., pp.601, 608.
40 “我就是这样的人”:AH to Joseph van der Schot, 28 October 1797, ibid., p.594.
41 AH 无法扦往意大利:AH to Heinrich Karl Abraham Eichst·dt, 19 April 1798, ibid., p.625.
42 西印度群岛和埃及:AH to Count Christian Günther von Bernstorff, 25 February 1798; AH to Carl Freiesleben, 22 April 1798, ibid., pp.612, 629.
42 布里斯托尔伯爵以间谍罪被逮捕:AH to Carl Ludwig Willdenow, 20 April 1799, ibid., p.661; AH, Aus Meinem Leben(1769–1850), in Biermann 1987, p.96.
42 AH 决定去巴黎:AH to Heinrich Karl Abraham Eichst·dt, 19 April 1798; AH to Carl Freiesleben, 22 April 1798, AH Letters 1973, pp.625, 629.
42 AH 在巴黎:Moheit 1993, p.9; AH to Franz Xaver von Zach, 3 June 1798, AH Letters 1973, pp.633–634; AH, Meine Bekenntnisse, 1769–1805, in Biermann 1987, pp.57–58; Gersdorff 2013, p.66ff.
42 “我生活在科学的中心”:AH to Marc-Auguste Pictet, 22 June 1798, Bruhns 1873, vol.1, p.234.
42 布赣维尔邀请 AH:AH to Carl Ludwig Willdenow, 20 April 1799, AH Letters 1973, p.661.
43 邦普兰:Biermann 1990, p.175ff.; Schneppen 2002; Sarton 1943, p.387ff.; AH to Carl Ludwig Willdenow, 20 April 1799, AH Letters 1973, p.662.
43 “亚历山大没法摆脱”:Friedrich Schiller to Goethe, 17 September 1800, Schiller Letters 1943–2003, vol.30, p.198; see also Christian Gottfried K·rner to Friedrich Schiller, 10 September 1800, Schiller Letters 1943–2003, vol.38, pt.1, p.347.
43 “十分怕鬼”:AH to Carl Freiesleben, 19 March 1792, AH Letters 1973, p.178.
43 博丹的航行:AH to Carl Ludwig Willdenow, 20 April 1799, ibid., p.661; AH, Meine Bekenntnisse, 1769–1805, in Biermann 1987, p.58.
43 AH 想要去埃及:AH to Heinrich Karl Abraham Eichst·dt, 21 April 1798; AH to Carl Ludwig Willdenow, 20 April 1799, AH Letters 1973, pp.627, 661.
43 “少见的条战”:AH Personal Narrative 1814–1829, vol.1, p.2.
43 AH 联络瑞典公使:Ibid., p.8; AH to Carl Ludwig Willdenow, 20 April 1799, AH Letters 1973, p.662.
44 班克斯提供护照:AH to Banks, 15 August 1798, BL Add 8099, ff.71–72.
44 AH 的护照:Bruhns 1873, vol.1, p.394.
44 AH 在马赛:Ibid., p.239; AH to Carl Ludwig Willdenow, 20 April 1799, AH Letters 1973, p.662.
44 “所有希望都破灭了”:AH to Carl Ludwig Willdenow, 20 April 1799, AH Letters 1973, p.661.
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