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Letter from Vincent van Gogh to Theo van Gogh
(19 March 1889)
... I beg you to leave me quietly here. I am convinced that the Mayor as well as the commissioner is really rather friendly, and that they will do what they can to settle all this. Here, except for liberty and except for many things that I could wish otherwise,...
Letter from Vincent van Gogh to Theo van Gogh
(29 March 1889)
... out into the town to get things to work with. When I went home, I was able to ascertain that the real neighbours, those whom I knew, were not among the petitioners. However it may be in other quarters, I saw that I still have friends among them....
Letter from Vincent van Gogh to Theo van Gogh
(24 April 1889)
... normally, which was not the case. So that has much softened many of the judgements which I have too often passed with more or less presumption on people who nevertheless were wishing me well. Anyhow, it is certainly a pity that with me these reflections...
Article by M. J. Brusse
(May 26 1914)
... he came back in the evening for a few hours. For the rest, he had no intercourse with anybody; he led an absolutely solitary life. He took many walks all over the island, but always alone. In the shop he hardly spoke a word. In short, he was something of a ...

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