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--Adieu, dear
Emerson. Rest not, haste not; you have work to do.
--T. Carlyle


LXXXVII. Carlyle to Emerson
Chelsea, London, 17 November, 1843
Dear Emerson,--About this time probably you will be reading a
Letter I hurried off for you by Dr. Russell in the last steamer;
and your friendly anxieties will partly be set at rest. Had I
kept silence so very long? I knew it was a long while; but my
vague remorse had kept no date! It behoves me now to write again
without delay; to certify with all distinctness that I have
safely received your Letter of the 30th October, safely the Bill
for L25 it contained;--that you are a brave, friendly man, of
most serene, beneficient way of life; and that I--God help me!--
By all means appoint this Mr. Clark to the honorary office of
Account-keeper--if he will accept it! By Parker's list of
questions from him, and by earlier reminiscences recalled on that
occasion, I can discern that he is a man of lynx eyesight, of an
all-investigating curiosity: if he will accept this sublime
appointment, it will be the clearest case of elective affinity.


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