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Show Unfortunate Genius One of the greatest female geniuses of the early Nineteenth century was Louise Brachman, who was born In Rochiitz, Germany, in 1778. She was ' nn intimate friend of Schiller and ! Novalis and was herself a writer and poet of great ability. In her case, as in many others, genius brought with ' it an unevenness of temperament, at times bordering on Insanity, with long and continued fits of melancholy. Having been disappointed In two love affairs, the blasting of another fond hope of hers In 1822 drove her to suicide by drowning In the River' Saale. Chicago Journal. I |