WorkTheodor Körner
Theodor Körner (1791–1813) · 1814
InferredMargaret Fuller engages with Theodor Körner's patriotic work, likely his collection *Leyer und Schwert* (1814), referencing a sentiment for noble resilience: "'Though the million suffer shipwreck, yet noble hearts survive!'" This inscription suggests Fuller found solace in Körner's wartime verses, choosing to highlight his message of enduring spirit amidst widespread hardship.
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Documented 1848
Additional passages preserved in the Memoirs (1852)
Letters
Selected engagements, in chronological order.
Reprints, Memoirs passages, and repeat notes within a single manuscript are shown but never counted twice. Evidence for this work is selective, not exhaustive. Methodology →
Passages where the evidence goes beyond allusion to indicate that Fuller had this work in hand — an explicit statement of reading, sustained excerpting or translation, or a specific reading episode recorded by those who knew her.
“translation from Korner trans from Schiller ie Thekla's Geister Stimme”
Letters of Margaret Fuller ed. Hudspeth · It was just before we went to Andover that they were written
Engagement type Translated automatically qualifies per rule.
“How often rings in my ear the consolatory word of Korner, after many struggles, many undeceptions, "Though the million suffer shipwreck, yet noble hearts survive!”
Fuller, Margaret. The Letters of Margaret Fuller. Edited by Robert N. Hudspeth. Vol. V. Ithaca: Cornell University Press, 1988.
Inferred Fuller attributes the quotation 'Though the million suffer shipwreck, yet noble hearts survive!' to 'Körner' without naming a specific work.
“How often rings in my ear the consolatory word of Korner, after many straggles, many undeceptions, 'Though the million suffer shipwreck, yet noble hearts survive!”
Emerson, Ralph Waldo, William Henry Channing, and James Freeman Clarke, eds. Memoirs of Margaret Fuller Ossoli. 2 vols. Boston: Phillips, Sampson and Company, 1852.
Inferred Margaret Fuller engages with Theodor Körner's patriotic work, likely his collection Leyer und Schwert (1814), referencing a sentiment for noble resilience: "'Though the million suffer shipwreck, yet noble hearts survive!'" This inscription suggests Fuller found solace in Körner's wartime verses, choosing to highlight his message of enduring spirit amidst widespread hardship.