Briefwechsel mit Thomas Carlyle; . 1; 4 Myddleton Terrace, Pentonville, London, 24th June 1824 PERMIT me, Sir, in soliciting your acceptance of this Trans-lation to return you my sincere thanks for the profit which, incommon with many millions, I/have derived from the you will honour this imperfect copy of your work witha perusal I do not hope: but the thought that some portion ofmy existence has been connected with that of the Man whoseintellect and mind I most admire, is pleasing to my imagina-tion ; nor will I neglect the present opportunity of communingwith you even in this s
Briefwechsel mit Thomas Carlyle; . 1; 4 Myddleton Terrace, Pentonville, London, 24th June 1824 PERMIT me, Sir, in soliciting your acceptance of this Trans-lation to return you my sincere thanks for the profit which, incommon with many millions, I/have derived from the you will honour this imperfect copy of your work witha perusal I do not hope: but the thought that some portion ofmy existence has been connected with that of the Man whoseintellect and mind I most admire, is pleasing to my imagina-tion ; nor will I neglect the present opportunity of communingwith you even in this slight and transitory manner. Four yearsago, when I read your Faust among the mountains of mynative Scotland, I could not but fancy I might one day seeyou, and pour out before you, as before a Father, the woesand wanderings of a heart whose mysteries you seemed sothoroughly to comprehend, and could so beautifully hope of meeting you is still among my dreams. Manysaints have been expunged from my literary Calendar sinc
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