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| Letter from Vincent van Gogh to Theo van Gogh
(25 September 1875)
... etc. I wish
you would do the same.
How I am longing for
Christmas, but let us have patience, it will come soon enough.
Courage, lad; my compliments to all the friends, and believe
me,
Your loving brother,
Vincent
As soon as possible I will send the money for the frames.
When I write to Mr. Tersteeg, I will tell him that for the
moment I am rather short of cash; I asked our cashier to hold
back every month a part of my salary as I shall want a lot of
money around Christmas for my journey, etc., however I hope to
send it before long.
... | Letter from Vincent van Gogh to His Parents
(14-17 April 1876)
... but sheds a golden light over the fields.
These first hours after
our parting - which you are spending
in church, and I at the station and on the train - how we are
longing for each other and how we think of the others, of Theo
and Anna and the other little sisters and the brother. Just now
we passed Zevenbergen; I thought of the day you took me there,
1 and I stood on the steps at Mr. Provily's, looking
after your carriage on the wet road; and then of that evening
when my father came to visit me for the first time. And of that
first homecoming at Christmas!
Saturday and Sunday.
On the steamer I thought often of Anna - everything reminded
me of our journey together.
The weather was clear, and the river was especially
beautiful, and also the view, seen from the sea, of the dunes,
dazzling white in the sun. The last I saw of Holland was a
little grey church spire. I stayed on deck until sunset, but
then it became too cold and rough.
At dawn the... | Letter from Vincent van Gogh to Theo van Gogh
(21 April 1876)
... even went to the
station. Yet I did not go. Later on I hope to see everything
and everybody there with a calmer eye.
I shall never forget leaving those at home on Good Friday.
In the morning we went to church at the Hoeve 1 and
received communion; Father's text was, “Arise, let us go
hence.”
And in the afternoon we did arise, and from the carriage
window I saw Father and our little brother standing on the
road, looking after the train.
And Sunday afternoon I was at the church in Ramsgate, and
there I was struck by the words on the wall which you will find
in Anna's letter (which I enclose).
Compliments to Roos and to everybody who may ask after me. A
firm handshake from
Your loving brother, Vincent
1. A little village in the neighbourhood of Etten.
[ Enclosed with the letter was a sketch of the view from
the school window. ]
... | Letter from Vincent van Gogh to Theo van Gogh
(28 April 1876)
... of the house. Give him my
best regards. I wish I
could walk once more with you through my
woods, to Scheveningen.
Have a pleasant day today and give my love to all who may
ask about me and believe me,
Your loving brother,
Vincent
Once more my best wishes, lad, I hope you will begin a happy
and prosperous year. These are important years that we are
living through now and much depends on them. May everything
come out all right.
A hearty handshake. À Dieu.
... | Letter from Vincent van Gogh to Theo van Gogh
(6-8 May 1876)
... it at The Hague and
Scheveningen.
Do you go to see Uncle Cor now and then? Sometimes I have
such a longing to see him, I wrote to him yesterday. Tell Mr.
Tersteeg something about the school here. Honestly, I have had
some happy hours here, yet I don't have plain and complete
confidence in this happiness, in this peace. The one
may be the result of the other. Man rarely declares that he is
satisfied; as soon as he finds that that it goes too well, the
sooner he thinks that it will not go well enough. But this is
in parenthesis; we must not talk about it, but continue quietly
on our way.
Spend a pleasant Sunday morning. Give my love to all the
Roos family, also to Mr. and Mrs. Tersteeg and Betsy and a firm
handshake from
Your loving brother, Vincent
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