Letter 071 Isleworth, 8 July 1876 艾勒沃斯 1876年7月8日 C/o Jones Esq., Holme Court

Dear Theo, Your letter and the prints were a delightful 令人愉快的 surprise; they came this morning while I was busy weeding the potatoes in the garden. Many thanks; both the engravings, "Christus Consolator" and "Remunerator," are hanging over the desk in my little room. God is righteous 正直的，正义的, and He will lead all who err 犯错，犯罪 onto the right path; you were thinking of that when you wrote, "May this happen, I am erring in many ways, but I don' t despair 绝望，失望. 这里应该有后引号的（我的理解），可是我看到的原文没有。Do not be unhappy about your "luxurious 奢侈的" life, as you call it; go quietly on your way. You are more simple-hearted 头脑简单的，单纯的 than I am, and probably you will reach your goal quicker and to a greater extent. Don' t delude 迷惑 yourself about the liberty 自由 I have; I am bound in different ways, some even humiliating 污辱性的, and these will become still worse in time; but the words engraved 雕刻，铭刻 above the image of Christus Consolator, "He has come to proclaim 宣布 liberty to the captives 俘虏" are true to this day. Now I must ask you something. While in The Hague 海牙 I had lessons from a Bible 圣经 teacher, Hille, who then lived in the Bagijnestraat. He took great pains over me. Though I didn' t show it, what he told me made an impression on me, and I should like to send him a word and, if possible, do him some small favour. Go and visit him if you have a moment and if you can find his address, and tell him that I have become a schoolmaster and am looking out for some other situation in connection with the church. He is a very simple man who, I think, has had many struggles 努力，奋斗 in life; involuntarily 不知不觉的 I sometimes thought when looking at him: the end of that man will be peace. And give him the enclosed little drawing from me. How I should like to have a glimpse of Mauve's 安东莫夫 place; I can see distinctly 清楚的 what you described seeing that evening you were there. Write again soon, best wishes, believe me always, Your loving brother, Vincent Give my kind regards to Mr. Tersteeg and his wife and Betsy, and the Roos family, and to other friends if you see them. But do not speak about me. As you see, I landed in that other school after all; enclosed you will find two prospectuses 内容说明书 . If you can recommend 推荐 the school to anybody who wants to send his boy to England, please do.

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