HUGO, Victor (1802-1885). L.A.S. to his... - Lot 228 - Coutau-Bégarie

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HUGO, Victor (1802-1885). L.A.S. to his... - Lot 228 - Coutau-Bégarie
HUGO, Victor (1802-1885). L.A.S. to his friend Nathanaël Martin-Dupont (1834-1910), journalist and pastor in Jersey, then in Sainte-Foy. Hauteville House, May 3 [s.d.]. 3 pp. in-8. Brown ink on double sheet of watermarked laid paper. Small creases and tears at the folds. About Les Misérables: "I read your article on Les Misérables. You have the true noble style, the one that comes from the noble thought. Your adhesion has for me a great price. It is with my heart that I thank you. Yes, you felt it and you say it, what I want is moral improvement at the same time as material relief; without the progress of the soul, there is no progress. Those who put everything in the well-being of the belly are only good at hardening the rich and corrupting the poor. Above all, duty. My goal is this: to reveal to man the whole conscience. I say all, because until now, it seems that philosophers have taken it upon themselves to show conscience only halfway; some flattering the happy, others irritating the miserable. Now, this is our duty, to calm by enlightening. To destroy hatred and evil with light. These things, you have them in your soul, and you express them elegantly and powerfully. Your page on Les Misérables is the work of a high and good spirit. [...]. Hugo praises the newspaper Le Mouvement, "accused, judged and strangled", the only one advanced enough to publish the works of the pastor Martin du Pont "Such is the freedom in France". Letters published in Victor Hugo, anecdotique, by N. Martin-Dupond, Stock, 1904, volume II, p. 213.
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