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His correspondence differs essentially from his books, in that it gives you no uneasiness; it places you in the very heart of the man, explains him to you, and leaves you with an impression of moral esteem and almost of intellectual security. We feel his sincerity. I know of no one to whom he can be more fitly compared in this respect than George Sand, whose correspondence is large, and at the same time full of sincerity. HIS CORRESPONDENCE DIFFERS ESSENTIALLY FROM HIS BOOKS IN THAT IT GIVES YOU NO UNEASINESS IT PLACES YOU IN THE VERY HEART OF THE MAN EXPLAINS HIM TO YOU AND LEAVES YOU WITH AN IMPRESSION OF MORAL ESTEEM AND ALMOST OF INTELLECTUAL SECURITY WE FEEL HIS SINCERITY I KNOW OF NO ONE TO WHOM HE CAN BE MORE FITLY COMPARED IN THIS RESPECT THAN GEORGE SAINT WHOSE CORRESPONDENCE IS LARGE AND AT THE SAME TIME FULL OF SINCERITY
s 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. "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 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 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
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