Translations:Franz Liszt/14/en

The fire of his developing genius was fanned into white heat by long hours of meditation on The Imitation of Christ, by Thomas a Kempis, and by certain ascetic exercises he had evolved for himself. Had his father not interfered firmly, he would have gone into the arms of the church and abandoned his music. But he was disciplined in music, and therefore brought forth this creative genius. However at the end of his life he went into the seclusion of a monastery where his art reached its highest perfection.