Excerpt from Immensee At Husum, in the old duchy of Schleswig, Theodor Storm was born in 1817. In 1888 he was laid away at Hademarschen in the duchy. Of Holstein. A North Frisian by birth, he displays all the best characteristics of his race. Ever changing, yet ever the same, the Frisian resembles the restless waves of the northern seas which threaten the shores of his beloved land. In the struggle with the elements he has learned to main tain his outward composure, his strength has grown, fear he does not know, sentiment and passion are locked up, as it were, in an impervious shell. Yet as lightning cleaving the clouds betrays the sky beyond, there are times when he shows his innermost nature. Utmost strength is strangely united with endearing sweetness; apparent coldness is merely the disguise of a sympathetic heart. Unvarying success does not allow him to yield to reckless defiance, and repeated defeat is only an incentive to renewed efiort. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.