"En ung Pige. Fulde Navn: Clara Raphael. Alder 20 Aar. Udvortes: smuk. Religion: Fritænker. Livs-Stilling: Gouvernante hos en Forvalter. Charakteer: original, hvad bevidnes af hende selv [og] hendes Veninde Mathilde." Dette er i al sin uelskværdighed indledningen til Kierkegaards påtænkte anmeldelse af Fibigers Tolv Breve, der udkom under pseudonymet Clara Raphael i 1850. Som et af kvindefrigørelsens første manifester udløste bogen en sand "Clara Raphael-Fejde", hvorunder ellers frisindede folk som Frederik Drejer og Goldschmidt boltrede sig i stor satire. At Grundtvig som en af de få mænd var for, fik kun Kierkegaard til at blive yderligere imod.		"A young girl. Full name: Clara Raphael. Age 20 years. Appearance: lovely. Religion: freethinker. Position: Governess for an estate manager. Character: original, which is testified to by she, herself, and by her girlfriend Mathilde." This is in all its unamiability the beginning of Kierkegaard's intended review of Fibiger's Twelve Letters, which appeared under the pseudonym of Clara Raphael in 1850. As one of the first manifestations of women's liberation, the book started a true "Clara Raphael feud," during which otherwise broadminded people such as Frederik Drejer and Goldschmidt let loose their satirical guns. That Grundtvig was among the few men who were for, only made Kierkegaard become even more against.

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