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x profession of an ecclesiastic, and he gave up altogether the idea of becoming a clergyman. In 1763 he became Master of the Pages at the court of Weimar, where he remained seven years, and afterwards obtained a professorship at the college of Weimar. There he married a young lady, Juliana Kruger, by whom he had two sons.

The famous German poet Wieland was an intimate friend of his; and the dramatic writer Augustus von Kotzebue, who was his pupil, has written his biography, and published a volume of his posthumous miscellaneous writings. In speaking of the kindness of his heart and temper, Kotzebue says, “Weep, ye that have known Musus, for he is no more; and weep, ye also that have not known hin, for not having known the man,—unique in his kindness of heart, in his philanthropy, and good temper.” As a farther proof of his excellence in private life, Kotzebue says, “He wrote satires, and had no enemies; he was esteemed by his superiors, and beloved by his inferiors.”

Among his first writings was “Grandison the Second;” a parody of the Grandison of Richardson, replete with vivid satire. It was reprinted in 1787. The rage which Lavater’s system had excited in Germany, gave occasion to his “Physiognomical Travels,” which had the greatest success. In 1782