van Gogh's letters - unabridged and annotated
 
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Letter from Vincent van Gogh to The van Stockum-Haanebeek family
(3 March 1874)
... be arranged for me to go and bring her back. I am longing to be closer to her than I am now. We have hardly seen each other once these last few years, and we only half know each other. The best of luck to you, greetings to all in the Poten, and to anyone who asks after me. Have you kept up your acquaintance with the Tersteeg family? Yours truly, Vincent ...
Letter from Vincent van Gogh to Theo van Gogh
(21 July 1874)
... her to find something here than in Holland. It is a great pleasure for me to walk with her through the streets in the evening. I find everything again as beautiful as when I saw it the first time. Good luck to you, boy, and give my compliments to the Rooses, Haanebeeks and Carbentuses when you see them. I am learning to swim. Write to me whether you have already read in Michelet 1 and what you think about it. To me that book was a revelation. À Dieu. Vincent L'Amour by Michelet. ...
Letter from Vincent van Gogh to Theo van Gogh
(12 May 1876)
... settled. Willemien will be there on May 21. From your letter I see you also intend to go. By all means do so, boy, if it is possible. There is sometimes a special blessing in such an act. What a surprise it would be for them! Mother's last letter had a melancholy tone; in a word or two she touched upon the necessity of our being so far from home, and her eyes too are giving her trouble. Come, boy, brighten them once more by your presence on that day. This afternoon Mr. Reid sent me a catalogue of the exhibition in London. A firm handshake and congratulations on the birthdays of Lies and Cor and also on May 21. Kind regards to Roos, in haste, Your loving brother, Vincent ...
Letter from Vincent van Gogh to Theo van Gogh
(2 August 1876)
... and what we are now, you will be one day." Between father and those above, there is again a space of life, and there is even space between father and us. But Those who are above can make us brothers of father, they can also make us increasingly intimate one to the other. I wish that it is so, my boy, because you know how much I love you! Yesterday I took a lovely walk along the Thames; on the other side there were beautiful country places and gardens. It was a sky such as Ruysdael or Constable would have painted. A firm handshake, kind regards to Roos, and believe me, Your loving brother, Vincent ...
Letter from Vincent van Gogh to Theo van Gogh
(5 August 1877)
... to take care of and to preoccupy us. In the midst of life we are near death, that is a phrase which touches each one of us personally, it is a truth we see again confirmed in what you tell me about Carolien van Stockum, and formerly we saw it in another member of the same family. It has touched me, and with all my heart I hope she may recover. Oh! what sorrow, what sadness and suffering there is in the world, in public as well as in private life. How everything is changed in that house, compared to what it was a few years ago, “das war vor langen Jahren, wenn [sic] wir beisammen waren” [that was many years ago, when we were together]; that was the time of Der Wirthin Töchterlein. Longfellow says, “There are thoughts that make the strong heart weak,” but above all it is written, “Let him who puts his hand to the plough not look back, and be a man.” I often look at that engraving after the picture by Ruysdael, “Haarlem and Overveen”;...

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