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24 letters
relate to Health - fatigue
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Amsterdam, 19 May 1877
"I am so tired at night that I no longer get up as early as I would want. But that will pass and I trust I shall be able to force myself to do it."
Amsterdam, 30 May 1877
"My head is sometimes heavy and often it burns and my thoughts are confused"
The Hague, 19 July 1882
"The doctor forbids my working hard, as I still tire very easily; but this will gradually disappear, and then I shall set to work with full energy."
The Hague, c. 10 October 1882
"I feel quite normal now, except when I am very tired; then I sometimes have a day or half a day when I feel indescribably weak and faint, much more so..."
The Hague, c. 22 June 1883
"The woman had no milk to nurse the baby those last days, and I too felt very faint."
The Hague, 25 or 26 July 1883
"I must go on with my work, but a feeling of prostration overwhelms me again and again - a general faintness, a reaction after exertion, which keeps re..."
Nuenen, early July 1885
"I must go out and work - I didn't want to put off writing any longer; I am dog-tired every day because I have to go far, far across the heath!"
Arles, 9 April 1888
"I shall be all in when the orchards are over, for they are size 25 and 30 and 20 canvases."
Arles, c. 3 May 1888
"Work in these magnificent natural surroundings has restored my morale, but even now some efforts are too much for me: my strength fails me."
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