People have a peculiar habit of always trying to justify everything they do.
——Heinrich Heine
If Arthur hadn't spent a long time in association with Heine and only knew about this famous German liberal poet through newspapers and magazines, he would likely be like the citizens and students of Gottingen City: those who liked Heine were madly in love with him, while those who disliked him firmly believed he was a traitor to the entire German nation.
Only by stripping away Heine's literary image and actually spending time with him can one understand what an interesting person Heinrich Heine is. He yearned for the freedom of the French Great Revolution, yet his thoughts were still hindered by deeply rooted German concepts. He imagined countless heroic and fearless gallant charges but couldn't give up the high-class meals at Waai'er Restaurant in Paris.
When he wasn't short of money, he expressed his views radically.
When he was short of money, he restrained himself a bit.
