demand inconvenient and wearisome rejoinders from me, in which I
should have to restate my original thesis. As I was by no means
inclined to enter upon such a controversy, I agreed to
Kolatschek's proposal, and suggested that he had better return
the manuscript to its author for publication elsewhere.

Through Kolatschek I also learned to know Reinhold Solger, a
really excellent and interesting man. But it did not suit his
restless and adventurous spirit to remain cooped up in the small
and narrow Swiss world of Zurich, so that he soon left us and
went to North America, where I heard that he went about giving
lectures and denouncing the political situation in Europe. It was
a pity that this talented man never succeeded in making a name
for himself by more important work. His contributions to our
monthly journal, during the brief term of his stay in Zurich,
were certainly among the best ever written on these topics by a
German.

In the new year, 1851, Georg Herwegh also joined us, and I was
delighted to meet him one day at Kolatschek's lodgings. The
vicissitudes which had brought him to Zurich came to my knowledge
afterwards in a somewhat offensive and aggressive manner. For the
present, Herwegh put on an aristocratic swagger and gave himself
the airs of a delicately nurtured and luxurious son of his times,
to which a fairly liberal interpolation of French expletives at
least added a certain distinction. Nevertheless, there was
something about his person, with his quick, flashing eye and
kindliness of manner, which was well calculated to exert an
attractive influence. I felt almost flattered by his ready
acceptance of my invitation to my informal evening parties, which