The sense of this word among the Greeks affords the noblest definition of it; enthusiasm signifies God in us.

Germaine de Staël (1766-1817) Swiss-French writer, woman of letters, critic, salonist [Anne Louise Germaine de Staël-Holstein, Madame de Staël, Madame Necker]

Germany [De l’Allemagne], Part 4, ch. 10 (1813)