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Letter 037 Paris, 12 September 1875 巴黎 1875年9月12日

Dear Theo, Flügel, Flügel über's Leben! Flügel über Grab und Tod! [ Wings, wings to fly above life! Wings to fly above the grave and death! 飞，飞越生命！ 飞越坟墓和死亡！] That is what we want, and I am beginning to understand that we can get them. Don' t you think Father has them? And you know how he got them? By prayer 祷告 and the fruit 结果 of prayer - patience and faith 信仰？- and from the Bible 圣经 that was a light on his path and a lamp 灯 ahead of his feet. This morning I heard a beautiful sermon 讲道 on the theme 主题 : Forget what is behind you; the preacher 牧师 said for example: Have more hope than memories 记忆 ; what there has been seriousness 重大的 and blessed 神圣的 in your past life is not lost; wait no longer therefore, you will find it elsewhere 在别处 , but advance 前进 … All these things have become new in Jesus Christ 耶稣基督 . Keep heart and believe me, Your loving brother, Vincent If it was true that youth and adolescence 青春 are only vanity 空虚 - of course, if one takes into account 考虑（到） what is written above and if one dreams that a well employed youth is a treasure 一个人如果梦想他的青春时光被很好的利用，是很可贵的, although he breaks off 中断 and resumes 重新开始、继续 later, we would have to strive and hope to become men like our father and others 我们将努力和希望能成为像父亲那样的人 . We hope on these two, and pray. Compliments to all that may ask after me. You know the etching by Rembrandt 伦勃朗 , “Burgomaster Six,” standing reading before the window? I know that Uncle Vincent 文森特伯伯 and Uncle Cor 科尔叔叔 are very fond of it, and I sometimes think they must have resembled 像、相似 him when they were younger. You also know the portrait of Six when he was older. I think there is an engraving of it in the gallery at The Hague 海牙 . His life must have been beautiful and serious. [注]：人名地名的注释请查看之前的信。

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