Josephine Deym, Notizen zu ihrem Verhältnis zu Christoph von Stackelberg, Autograph
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"The point of my relationship with Stackelberg is to become better and more reasonable. I have not yet reached the place where I would like to be. This is why I avoid society and want to understand the appropriate measures by thinking them over and being alone, and then choose the ones which lead there. That is why I am quiet on the surface as so much is happening inside me. It is a state of fermentation."
According to Josephine's own thoughts (the note reads like a diary entry) she married her second husband more for practical reasons than for love.