van Gogh's letters - unabridged and annotated
 
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Letter from Vincent van Gogh to Theo van Gogh
(26 July 1882)
... distance, better light, more room. Last night I received a parcel from home. Among other things there was a sort of spring coat, which comes in very handy. I thought it very kind of them. And there was tobacco in it, and cigars, and cake and some underwear....
Letter from Vincent van Gogh to Theo van Gogh
(19 August 1882)
... agree with several points in your letter. Especially, I fully agree that, with all their good and bad qualities, Father and Mother are the kind of people who are becoming rare in the present time - more and more rare - and perhaps the new type is not at all better...
Letter from Vincent van Gogh to Theo van Gogh
(8 October 1882)
... necessary. I also owe Stam something. Just imagine, this week to my great surprise I received a parcel from home, with a winter coat, a pair of warm trousers and a warm woman's coat. It touched me very much. I can't get that churchyard with...
Letter from Vincent van Gogh to Theo van Gogh
(c. 20 December 1889)
... me more than before. And then I think so much of you and of the past. You and Father have been, if possible, even more to me than to the others, so much, so very much, and I do not seem to have had a happy character. I discovered that in...

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