Only as far as a man is happily married to himself is he fit for married life and family life in general.

Even though a lyrical "I" rather than Novalis himself is the speaker there are many relationships between the hymns and Hardenberg’s experiences from 1797 to 1800. Fichte Studies trans. The core of Hardenberg’s literary works is the quest for the connection of science and poetry and the result was supposed to be a "progressive universal poesy” (fragment no.