Instruction of the children and dictation; “we are simply flinging life out by the handful,” says R., when he sees how much I have already written. In the evening a dilettante concert—the Reformation Symphony by Felix Mendelssohn; of the second movement R. remarks: “Tetzel [1], when the coin in the coffer rings, the soul springs into heaven.”
[1] Richard quotes Johann Tetzel, the indulgence preacher who inspired Luther to write his 95 Theses.
Revised English translation by Jo Cousins [© Jo Cousins | WAGNER Salon]