They
have shown themselves very loving and generous lately, in making
a quite munificent provision for his traveling. Hedge has a true
and mellow heart,... and I hope you will like him.
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* The Hon. E. Rockwood Hoar.
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I have seen lately a Texan, ardent and vigorous, who assured me
that Carlyle's Writings were read with eagerness on the banks of
the Colorado. There was more to tell, but it is too late.
Ever yours,
R.W. Emerson
CXXIII. Emerson to Carlyle
Concord, 31 July, 1847
Dear Carlyle,--In my old age I am coming to see you. I have
written this day, in answer to sundry letters brought me by the
last steamer, from Mr. Ireland and Mr. Hudson of Leeds, that I
mean in good earnest to sail for Liverpool or for London about
the first of October; and I am disposing my astonished
household--astonished at such a Somerset of the sedentary master
--with that view.
My brother William was here this week from New York, and will
come again to carry my mother home with him for the winter; my
wife and children three are combining for and against me; at all
events, I am to have my visit.
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