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DOCUMENT 1.
LETTER FROM THE REV . THOMAS HARTLEY
TO EMANUEL SWEDENBORG
WHICH DREW FROM HIM THE LETTER CONTAINING HIS BRIEF AUTO.
BIOGRAPHY.
Most respected and beloved Sir,
I consider myself most highly favoured and I
rejoice from my inmost heart in having had the honour, which
you lately granted me, of conversing with you ; and also in
your having been so kind and friendly towards me who am
quite unworthy of such a favour. But your charity towards the
neighbour, the heavenly benignity shining from your coun
tenance, and your childlike simplicity, devoid of all vain show
and egotism, are so great, and the treasure of wisdom pos
sessed by you is so sweetly tempered with gentleness, that it
did not inspire in me a feeling of awe, but one of love, which
refreshed me in my innermost heart. Believe me, 0 best of
men , that by my intercourse with you I consider myself crowned
with more than royal favours; for who among kings, if he is of
a sane mind, would not gladly converse with an inhabitant of
heaven, while here on earth ? But the things which are hidden
from the great men upon earth, are revealed to the humble.
In speaking with you every suspicion of flattery must be
hushed . For what ground for flattery can there be, when I
attribute everything in you, however great and extraordinary it
may be, to the Lord, and not to yourself, and when I look upon
you only as an instrument of His mercy and great kindness !
* The Latin originals of Documents 1 and 3 were formerly in Count
Engeström’s Library, but they are now preserved in the Royal Library of
Stockholm . 1 *
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