Ernst Wilhelm Ritter von Brücke
L'interprétation des rêves, p.422"J'étais préparateur d'expériences à l'Institut Physiologique et je devais commencer mon travail tôt le matin. Il arriva aux oreilles de Brücke que j'arrivais parfois au laboratoire des étudiants en retard. Un matin, il arriva à l'heure précise d'ouverture et attendit mon arrivée. Ses paroles furent brèves et directes. Mais ce qu'il dit n'était pas important; ce qui m'accabla furent les terribles yeux bleus dont il me fixait et devant lesquels je me sentais mourir..."
Ernst Wilhelm Ritter von Brücke
" I was a demonstrator at the Physiological Institute and was due to start work early in the morning. It came Brücke's ears that I sometimes reached the students' laboratory late. One morning he turned up punctually at the hour of opening and awaited my arrival. His words were brief and to the point. But what he said was not important; what overwhelmed me were the terrible blue eyes with which he gazed at me and before which I perished..."
The Interpretation of Dreams, p. 422
