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trampled upon. All this comforts me. And, therefore,
peace, peace, dear, good Tegnér! peace and not strife with
the world; at all events, not for my sake. I beseech you,
peace ! :
Although in your review and in the verses which you
dedicate to me, there are things, which, both for the sake
of my own self-love, as well as for the truth and beauty of
the thoughts, I would wish to see given to the public; still
the publication of them cannot now call forth the acknowl-
edgment which they deserve ; because they are too nearly
connected with things, which, especially at this moment,
would hide them from the eyes of the multitude. ater on,
when people’s minds have become more calm, this review
will be gratefully felt and greeted with pleasure.
You have asked for my sincere opinion, and I have
given it according to my best and earnest convictions.
TO MR
I am afraid that in our last conversation I have ex-
pressed myself on some important points imperfectly, or
in a manner easily misunderstood. Do not therefore feel
displeased, if in a few,words I attempt better to explain
my meaning. I spoke of going to work only to pull down.
I did not here, however, wish to speak of religion and its
spirit. This, I believe, can as little be pulled down or
attacked successfully, as the heart can be pulled out of a
man’s breast, if he shall continue to exist. No, I believe
that as long as it beats, as long as a human eye exists here
below to contemplate the wonders of the world and of the
heavens, so long will the religious truths, which in all times
have been dimly felt and have attained full consciousness
in Christianity, live and work in mankind. But the forms,
in which the human imagination has conceived them, can
vary with it. ‘Therefore I spoke of distinguishing between
religion and the dogmas or doctrines in which these truths
are embodied and have assumed a form. Not that the
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