Excerpt from Literary Pioneers: Early American Explorers of European CultureOne of the 'most important contributions to American intel lectual life in the nineteenth century resulted from the romantic impulse which impelled a group of aspiring young scholars to pursue their studies in foreign countries. George Ticknor and Edward Everett, as students at the University of Gottingen, were the earliest of the pioneers in this movement. In the cour...
Excerpt from Literary Pioneers: Early American Explorers of European CultureOne of the 'most important contributions to American intel lectual life in the nineteenth century resulted from the romantic impulse which impelled a group of aspiring young scholars to pursue their studies in foreign countries. George Ticknor and Edward Everett, as students at the University of Gottingen, were the earliest of the pioneers in this movement. In the cour...
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