Excerpt from Hymns and Thoughts on ReligionIt therefore seems undesirable to interpose even one unnecessary word between the heart of the reader and the flow of his sympathy, or to mar the universality of the most human emotions by intruding distracting accidental particulars of a merely critical interest. The Sketch of the Life of Novalis by Just - whom he has himself de scribed as his 'first, Oldest, and trustiest friend' is, however, reproduced in order to satisfy all relevant personal interest and to elucidate the individual and literary relations of what follows.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.