Fritz reacting to the apparent gossip early on was rather interesting, though. Especially stuff like this -
It is true that superstitious people, of whom there are so many in this country, and perhaps more than elsewhere, were scandalized by the fact that I'm exchanging letters with you; these people suspect me moreover of not devoutly believing what they call articles of faith. [...] [They] damn those who prefer you to Luther and Calvin, and who push the hardening of heart to the point of daring to write to you.
- where the last half-sentence kind of reads like a FW quote.
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Fritz reacting to the apparent gossip early on was rather interesting, though. Especially stuff like this -
It is true that superstitious people, of whom there are so many in this country, and perhaps more than elsewhere, were scandalized by the fact that I'm exchanging letters with you; these people suspect me moreover of not devoutly believing what they call articles of faith. [...] [They] damn those who prefer you to Luther and Calvin, and who push the hardening of heart to the point of daring to write to you.
- where the last half-sentence kind of reads like a FW quote.