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639Letter Nr. 158[To V. Wielogłowski]Paris, August 8, 1838Dearest brother Valerian!With me it is always the same story: I definitely want to pay you a visit;but I am forced by various and forever new problems to put off my coming fromday to day. And the result is that I am once again late with my response, withoutever abandoning my intention to visit. Thank you very much for the translationfrom Hungarian which you sent, and for the trouble you took upon yourself inseeing to it. It will be used in the daily The Friend of Religion, which is ready topay the Hungarian according to the standard rate for translation.If you think that he would not be offended, I will obtain the ten or sofrancs due to him according to the number of pages and lines, and will send themto him. As for other articles, please ask what they are about, and whether there isanything important in them.In regard to your Christ confronts the Age 853 I would rather that youundertake the translation of a book that speaks to the heart one that is not (pleaseexcuse the blot) 854 argumentative, but geared instead to build up and excite piety -a book of piety and devotion.The reason why I had Edward mention Christ confronts the Age and otherbooks like it is that I was looking for something scholarly to replace Bautain.However, I prefer, and I counsel you to put aside the work you have begun for atime and not to begin the translation of similar books. Rather, set to worktranslating, e.g., one of the devotional books written by St. Liguori 855 , or someother warm and pius book approved by the Church. This is precisely what I853 A little book by Anthony Francis Roselly (born 1805), published in Paris in 1835, andtranslated by the followers of Jański (J. Dziekoński: Chrystus wobec wieku - Warsaw, 1842).854 The Polish word for blot is the same as the word for ―Jew‖; there is a blot here in the original855 St. Alphonse Marie Ligouri (1696-1787) - Founder of the Redemptorists, author of manyreligious books, often full of fervent feeling.