“How well I remember the beginning of our correspondence, and how little did I think it would lead to such relations between us as have ensued! I was at the time very solitary and depressed from various causes, and the letters of so young and ardent a well-wisher, though unknown to me personally, brought solace.” “Mine to you were among the largest bodies of literary letters I ever wrote, others being often letters of personal interest.”…
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