<!doctype html public «-//w3c//dtd html 4.0 transitional//en»> http-equiv=content-type> Friedrich Daniel Ernst Schleiermacher (1768–1834) engaged in extensive correspondence. This volume contains the letters from 1808, which include, among others, the famous “betrothal letters” from the period of his engagement along with Schleiermacher’s correspondence during the run-up to the founding of the university in Berlin.