van Gogh's letters - unabridged and annotated
 
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Letter from Vincent van Gogh to The van Stockum-Haanebeek family
(3 March 1874)
... be arranged for me to go and bring her back. I am longing to be closer to her than I am now. We have hardly seen each other once these last few years, and we only half know each other. The best of luck to you, greetings to all in the Poten, and ...
Letter from Vincent van Gogh to Theo van Gogh
(21 July 1874)
... her to find something here than in Holland. It is a great pleasure for me to walk with her through the streets in the evening. I find everything again as beautiful as when I saw it the first time. Good luck to you, boy, and give my compliments to the Rooses,...
Letter from Vincent van Gogh to Theo van Gogh
(12 May 1876)
... settled. Willemien will be there on May 21. From your letter I see you also intend to go. By all means do so, boy, if it is possible. There is sometimes a special blessing in such an act. What a surprise it would be for them! Mother's last letter had a melancholy...
Letter from Vincent van Gogh to Theo van Gogh
(2 August 1876)
... and what we are now, you will be one day." Between father and those above, there is again a space of life, and there is even space between father and us. But Those who are above can make us brothers of father, they can also make us increasingly intimate one to...
Letter from Vincent van Gogh to Theo van Gogh
(5 August 1877)
... to take care of and to preoccupy us. In the midst of life we are near death, that is a phrase which touches each one of us personally, it is a truth we see again confirmed in what you tell me about Carolien van Stockum, and formerly we saw it in another...
Letter from Vincent van Gogh to Theo van Gogh
(4 September 1877)
... heart. You have a copy, haven't you? There is something I cannot resist telling you, Theo - you, from whom I have no secrets - there is much, much that is good and beautiful in Uncle Jan's, Uncle Cor's and Uncle Vincent's lives, but still something is lacking....
Letter from Vincent van Gogh to Theo van Gogh
(30 December 1877)
... indispensable part of your collection. Last week it snowed, and Cor had great fun with the sled - and I, too - for I went sledding on the road with him and a little girl who was staying with the Stackstroos. Today Father, Mother, Cor and I went for a lovely...
Letter from Vincent van Gogh to Theo van Gogh
(July 1880)
... keep out of the way. Well, so be it. Now, though it is a fairly hopeless task to regain the trust of an entire family, one which has perhaps never been wholly weaned from prejudice and other equally honourable and respectable qualities, I am not entirely...
Letter from Vincent van Gogh to Theo van Gogh
(9-10 November 1881)
... instead of strengthening, unnerved me. Father and Mother are very good at heart, but have little understanding of our inner feelings, and as little comprehension of your real circumstances as of mine. They love us with all their hearts - you especially - and...

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