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Title: Life and letters of Phillips Brooks
Year: 1900 (1900s)
Authors: Allen, Alexander V. G. (Alexander Viets Griswold), 1841-1908
Subjects: Brooks, Phillips, 1835-1893
Publisher: New York, Dutton
Contributing Library: New York Public Library
Digitizing Sponsor: MSN

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of northern Italy at itsmost beautiful. My eyes swim with light and color now. Wewent also into southern France and saw a great deal of sobererbeauty, — quiet old towns, and queer, quaint churches, and kind,dirty people. Richardson was with us till we reached Milan, andthen went off into Spain, where he is now. You should have seenthe man in Venice! The wonder is that any gondola could holdsuch enthusiasm and energy, or that he ever, having once got there,came away. Fortunately he has been very remarkably well allsummer, and has been most capital company. McVickar andFranks are both old friends, of whom I am very fond, and theymade the summer even more delightful, and Mr. Richardsonssmall friend Jaques was always pleasant and kept the moneyaccounts. We sent you a counterfeit presentment of the party.Did you get it ? You will find Richardson glowing with splendidprojects for Trinity. A front Porch, a Chapter House, and thegreat Piers to be covered from top to bottom with mosaics. You
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5u *t. 46) GERMANY 337 will listen with interest, and dream as I do of how more and morebeautiful the dear old Church may be made from generation togeneration. Now I am going to Germany, and for a good while to come Imean to be very quiet in or about Berlin, certainly somewhere inGermany. I still mean to start as near the 1st of December aspossible for India. . . . Well, my dear fellow, I think of you all constantly. What agood time we have had together for the last thirteen years. Formyself, I am almost scared when I think how happy my life hasbeen. And now, when it seems as if a new period of it werebeginning, I have no wish except to go forward and trust the samegood God. Your life, too, has been very bright, I know, and inthe heart of your deepest sorrows there must lie some of yourbrightest hopes. My best love to your wife and children. Your and their friend, P. B. To the Rev. Percy Browne he commended the interests ofthe Clericus Club while he is away: — You wont let the Club

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