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We thus hoped, by means of mutual correction, to be able both to stimulate and to chasten our creative impulses and, as a matter of fact, the success of the scheme was such that we have both always felt a sort of respectful attachment for the hour and the place at which it first took shape in our minds. WE THUS HOPED BY MEANS OF MUTUAL CORRECTION TO BE ABLE BOTH TO STIMULATE AND TO CHASTEN OUR CREATIVE IMPULSES AND AS A MATTER OF FACT THE SUCCESS OF THE SCHEME WAS SUCH THAT WE HAVE BOTH ALWAYS FELT A SORT OF RESPECTFUL ATTACHMENT FOR THE HOUR IN THE PLACE AT WHICH IT FIRST TOOK SHAPE IN OUR MINDS
 of our boyhood upwards. One of these I must relate to you, since it forms a sort of prelude to the harmless experience already mentioned. On the occasion of a certain journey up the Rhine, which we had made together one summer, it happened that he and I independently conceived the very same plan at the same hour and on the same spot, and we were so struck by this unwonted coincidence that we determined to carry the plan out forthwith. We resolved to found a kind of small club which would consist of ourselves and a few friends, and the object of which would be to provide us with a stable and binding organisation directing and adding interest to our creative impulses in art and literature; or, to put it more plainly: each of us would be pledged to present an original piece of work to the club once a month,--either a poem, a treatise, an architectural design, or a musical composition, upon which each of the others, in a friendly spirit, would have to pass free and unrestrained criticism. E DATED FROM THE PERIOD OF OUR BOYHOOD'S UPWARD ONE OF THESE I MUST RELATE TO YOU SINCE IT FORMS A SORT OF PRELUDE TO THE HARMLESS EXPERIENCE ALREADY MENTIONED ON THE OCCASION OF A CERTAIN JOURNEY UP THE RHINE WHICH WE MADE TOGETHER ONE SUMMER IT HAPPENED THAT HE AND I INDEPENDENTLY CONCEIVED THE VERY SAME PLAN AT THE VERY SAME HOUR ON THE SAME SPOT AND WE WERE SO STRUCK BY THIS UNWONTED COINCIDENCE THAT WE DETERMINED TO CARRY THE PLAN OUT FORTHWITH WE RESOLVED TO FOUND A KIND OF SMALL CLUB WHICH WOULD CONSIST OF OURSELVES AND A FEW FRIENDS AND THE OBJECT OF WHICH WOULD BE TO PROVIDE US WITH A STABLE AND BINDING ORGANIZATION DIRECTING AND ADDING INTEREST TO OUR CREATIVE IMPULSES IN ART AND LITERATURE OR TO PUT IT MORE PLAINLY EACH OF US WOULD BE PLEDGED TO PRESENT AN ORIGINAL PIECE OF WORK TO THE CLUB ONCE A MONTH EITHER A POEM A TREATISE AN ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN OR A MUSICAL COMPOSITION UPON WHICH EACH OF THE OTHERS IN A FRIENDLY SPIRIT WOULD HAVE TO PASS FREE IN UNRESTRAINED CRITICISM
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