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(1868) [MARC] Author: Fredrika Bremer Translator: Emily Nonnen With: Charlotte Bremer
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LETTERS. 185

And it appears to me that it is quite unnecessary to wage
any war with each other, when we agree on the main
point. For I know that we hold the same opinions, not
only about the intrinsic worth of virtue, but also with re-
spect to its eternal origin, the source from whence the
veins of truth and strength well forth. We agree that
virtue is the highest, and that we ought to practice it, each
in her own path in life. Your life seems to be like an
endless kiss, a tender embrace, in which you give your own
self for the good of beloved beings; my life does perhaps
span a more extensive sphere, but it is also less warm, less
tender, percliance less good. Indeed, yours appears to me
to be more beautiful ; and I think often of Byron’s words : —
‘Many are poets who have never penn’d

Their inspiration, and perchance the best:

They felt, they loved, and died, but would not lend

Their thoughts to meaner beings; they compress’d

The god within them, and rejoin’d the stars

Unlaurel’d upon earth, but far more blest

Than those who are degraded by their jars

Of passions, and their frailtics link’d to fame,” etc., ete.

Many times, when thus I have thought and felt, have I
been tempted to abandon a path on which selfishness, am-
bition, and many weaknesses so easily steal into the heart,
and to choose instead a new one, which would lead to a
purification of the soul, and would fill the heart with love
and patience. But an irresistible voice has lured me on-
ward, has put pen and paper in my hand, and has whis-
pered to me, “ Proceed!” I have determined to go on-
ward; but I have invited Harnestness and Love to be my
travelling companions, to guide, to support, and to enlighten
me. To you will I also confess that the life which now
lies before me gives me pleasure ; that the perfect freedom
which I enjoy to devote myself to my beloved occupations,
is to me like fresh, pure air, in which one joyously breathes
and lives. I believe that my real working-time shall now
begin. Much have I yet to learn, and great is my thirst

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