Dear Theo,
By the same mail you will receive the two little books I
promised you. I marked a few things in them, but you will find
many other beautiful ones besides. But as I wrote to you
already, one grows so fond of them, especially when one is in
the country itself. It is again Saturday evening, and the
weather is lovely; the sea is calm, it is low tide, the sky is
a subtle milky blue, on the horizon a hint of fog. All morning
the weather was so nice, it was so clear there where I can now
see the fog.
The town has something very peculiar about it; everywhere
you can see the influence of the sea - but you know that
characteristic, too, for one also finds it at The Hague and
Scheveningen.
The one
may be the result of the other. Man rarely declares that he is
satisfied; as soon as he finds that that it goes too well, the
sooner he thinks that it will not go well enough. But this is
in parenthesis; we must not talk about it, but continue quietly
on our way.
Spend a pleasant Sunday morning. Give my love to all the
Roos family, also to Mr. and Mrs. Tersteeg and Betsy and a firm
handshake from
Your loving brother, Vincent
At this time, Vincent was 23 year oldSource: Vincent van Gogh. Letter to Theo van Gogh. Written 6-8 May 1876 in Ramsgate. Translated by Mrs. Johanna van Gogh-Bonger, edited by Robert Harrison, number 065. URL: https://www.webexhibits.org/vangogh/letter/4/065.htm.
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