Wednesday, April 7:
R. had a good night’s rest, but he is run down, and since he still has pains in his chest, he does not dictate to me today.
In the afternoon he attempts to go out of doors but finds the wind disagreeable. Whist in the evening. He is depressed at feeling so weak and having no appetite for work. He tells Prof. Schuré about his idea of moving to America. The latter very rightly observes that what the Germans lack is instinct, which reminds R. of Pepino, who, when R. sang something to him, immediately accompanied him on the guitar.
The Duke of Meiningen told Prof. Schuré that Germany would very shortly become a republic, since the present state could not continue much longer.
Following a remark by Prince Liechtenstein about the 3rd act of Lohengrin, R. tells me that the horn player Levy also once asked whether he had no human warmth whatsoever, for such a thing was unthinkable. “That’s what they call human warmth,” says R., “sensual desire!”