1 Hanover
2 Aug 31st 1905
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4 My darling Friend
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6 Yes, I know, sometimes we seem to have conquered anything & every
7thing is open before us, we fancy forever; & then it seems to close in
8again; but it never closes in in quite the same way.
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10 To me it seems we have to conquer our longing for love & sympathy,
11even our most right & beautiful longings, just as we have to conquer
12any lower ^longings^ for ease or pleasure. We have to sit lose, even on
13love – but this is a hard saying! "Heartily know, when half God’s
14go, The whole Gods come." says dear old Emerson.
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16 //It has been a fine day here; the first one we have had for a long
17time. After the dinner things were cleared away I went & sat on the
18nearest kopje just across the vley for some time & I wished you & Miss
19Greene were there with me it was all so beautifully calm & clear & you
20could see such a long way.
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22 I got a beautiful letter from Isabella Ford today. She like you both
23so much, & is so disappointed you could not go to stay with her at
24Leeds. I wish you could.
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26 The thing that it is hardest for me not to be troubled about now is
27these Chinese. They are practically slaves flogged & ill treated in
28the mines, & when by any chance they manage to es-cape there is no
29hope for them every man’s hand is against them. They must starve &
30die or be captured & sent back to the mines & in despair these
31horrible murders are committed. I would write on the question if I saw
32the slightest use; but it is not things must ^play out to their own
33terrible end. Good bye. I do hope you are away in sweet Italy or dear
34old Germany, or among the Swiss mountains by this time
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36 ^Olive ^
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38 Cron has returned from de Aar: he came yesterday. We are all well. Old
39‘Arriet is so sweet. She gets sweeter & sweeter as she gets older.
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