Autograph letter signed with initials : [London], to Mrs. Hewitt, 1860 Oct. 11.

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Autograph letter signed with initials : [London], to Mrs. Hewitt, 1860 Oct. 11.

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Expressing great sadness; saying "I happen to be very sick at heart tonight; saying "As for what I have--I read it otherwise than you--A name--little enough--for ever blemished--even in its littleness--works--which have cost me much and are--nothing--unworthy ambitions--paltry troubles--broken health--age in perspective with its crutches--beyond that--Nothing. If I could only draw the veil over the nightfear of the Venus de Medici, I shouldn't mind, but I can't."

1 item (2 p.) ; 17.7 cm + envelope

Pierpont Morgan Library.

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