Fragment of an autograph letter : Salcombe, to John Ruskin, [1889] May 16.

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Fragment of an autograph letter : Salcombe, to John Ruskin, [1889] May 16.

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Expressing his joy at hearing from him and knowing he is getting better; talking of his own frailties and saying "I am anxious that I shall be fit for nothing any more--Providence arranges however that the sense of uselessness shall be less unbearable than one expected by slackening the strings, so that they will not vibrate."

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Pierpont Morgan Library.

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