CHATEAUBRIAND, François-René de (1768-1848).

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CHATEAUBRIAND, François-René de (1768-1848).
CHATEAUBRIAND, François-René de (1768-1848). Signed letter. Paris, March 20, 1840. 1 p. in-8. Marginal stain. Chateaubriand worries about his posterity: "My works, Sir, did not deserve the trouble you took to read them in full; I am like the old weary travellers at the end of my journey and remembering only by my fatigue the countries I have crossed. I have also given up letters and politics and I am now only a Christian who is preparing to appear before God. If I have earned your esteem, Sir, I am extremely flattered: esteem is the best and most reliable thing among men. Who can achieve in his lifetime a fame that the future may not confirm and which in any case is far from being worth what it cost [...]". Letter written in the hand of his private secretary, Hyacinthe Pilorge: "A rheumatism in the right hand prevents me from writing [...]".
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