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"But at the same time he is not at all artistic or affected; he does not CONSTRUCT his letters, he does not revise them, he spends no time in reading them over; we have a first draught, excellent and clear, a jet from the fountain head, but that is all. The new arguments, which he discovers in support of his ideas and which opposition suggests to him, are an agreeable surprise, and shed a light which we should vainly search for even in his works. BUT AT THE SAME TIME HE IS NOT AT ALL ARTISTIC OR AFFECTED HE DOES NOT CONSTRUCT HIS LETTERS HE DOES NOT REVISE THEM HE SPENDS NO TIME IN READING THEM OVER WE HAVE A FIRST DRAUGHT EXCELLENT AND CLEAR A JET FROM THE FOUNTAIN HEAD BUT THAT IS ALL THE NEW ARGUMENTS WHICH HE DISCOVERS IN SUPPORT OF HIS IDEAS AND WHICH OPPOSITION SUGGESTS TO HIM ARE AN AGREEABLE SURPRISE AND SHED A LIGHT WHICH WE SHOULD VAINLY SEARCH FOR EVEN IN HIS WORKS
, the EVOLUTION of his mind. The history of his mind is in his letters; there it must be sought. "Proudhon, whoever addresses him, is always ready; he quits the page of the book on which he is at work to answer you with the same pen, and that without losing patience, without getting confused, without sparing or complaining of his ink; he is a public man, devoted to the propagation of his idea by all methods, and the best method, with him, is always the present one, the latest one. His very handwriting, bold, uniform, legible, even in the most tiresome passages, betrays no haste, no hurry to finish. Each line is accurate: nothing is left to chance; the punctuation, very correct and a little emphatic and decided, indicates with precision and delicate distinction all the links in the chain of his argument. He is devoted entirely to you, to his business and yours, while writing to you, and never to anything else. All the letters of his which I have seen are serious: not one is commonplace. ST THE BREAKS THE VARIATIONS IN SHORT THE EVOLUTION OF HIS MIND THE HISTORY OF HIS MIND IS IN HIS LETTERS THERE IT MUST BE SOUGHT PRUDENT WHOEVER ADDRESSES HIM IS ALWAYS READY HE QUITS THE PAGE OF THE BOOK ON WHICH HE IS AT WORK TO ANSWER YOU WITH THE SAME PEN AND THAT WITHOUT LOSING PATIENCE WITHOUT GETTING CONFUSED WITHOUT SPARING OR COMPLAINING OF HIS INK HE IS A PUBLIC MAN DEVOTED TO THE PROPAGATION OF HIS IDEA BY ALL METHODS AND THE BEST METHOD WITH HIM IS ALWAYS THE PRESENT ONE THE LATEST ONE HIS VERY HANDWRITING BOLD UNIFORM LEGIBLE EVEN IN THE MOST TIRESOME PASSAGES BETRAYS NO HASTE NO HURRY TO FINISH EACH LINE IS ACCURATE NOTHING IS LEFT TO CHANCE THE PUNCTUATION VERY CORRECT AND A LITTLE EMPHATIC AND DECIDED INDICATES WITH PRECISION AND DELICATE DISTINCTION ALL THE LINKS IN THE CHAIN OF HIS ARGUMENT HE IS DEVOTED ENTIRELY TO YOU TO HIS BUSINESS AND YOURS WHILE WRITING TO YOU AND NEVER TO ANYTHING ELSE ALL THE LETTERS OF HIS WHICH I HAVE SEEN ARE SERIOUS NOT ONE IS COMMONPLACE
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