Last words of Thomas Carlyle - Warburg Institute

VARNHAGEN VON ENSE IN THE YEARS 1837-57 209that of a generous human heart, resonant to all humanthings, never so remote from it. We are strugglingas thro' thick darkness, in this England of ours,toward light and deliverance as I do believe. Adieu,my dear Sir ; better health of body to you, and no"worse healthy brotherliness of soul.With affectionate esteem, yours always,T. Carlylb.Chelsea, London : Dec. 19, 1842.My dear Sir,—For several months now I havebeen a great defaulter ; defrauding you of a mostindispensable reply to a kind message, and myself ofa great pleasure in imparting it ! How this hasbeen, by what foolish combinations of sickliness, idleness,excessive work, you, who alas are yourself toooften a sick man, will perhaps well enough understand.Suffice it now, better now than still later,very penitently and very thankfully to say that yourmost welcome gift, with the kind written remembrancein it, arrived safe here, in due course ; thatI have read the books, especially your own part ofthem, a good while ago, with agreeable results thenand since, and that now, when you are home again(as I hope) refreshed and recruited by the bath watersand sum^mer recreations, I knock again at your towndoor with a grateful salutation.£ E