Georges CLEMENCEAU - Signed autograph letter
Georges CLEMENCEAU (1841 - 1929), French journalist and statesman Autograph letter signed to General Michel Alexandre Gaston Tournier. Paris, December 29, 1924; 1 page ½ in-4 °. Letter from the old tiger, at the end of his life. Letter borrowed from modesty, wisdom and humor, the winner of Verdun, retired, tastes the simple pleasure of the beautiful flowers of his Vendée garden, and gets down to writing philosophical reflections, “Au soir de la pansi”, from which he does not expect any posthumous glory: “I had the greatest pleasure in receiving your good New Year’s letter. You have no doubt that your wishes of friendship will be returned to you amply. I see with pleasure that you are a philosopher, since you come closer to the earth, as I do myself before returning there. I have a small patch of sand by the Vendée sea [Saint-Vincent-sur-Jard] where sometimes beautiful flowers grow. The unfortunate thing is that tidal waves and storms take a bite out of me from time to time. But by dint of masonry, I hope to hold on until my last day. I write, as you guessed it, but these are not memories no de no! I content myself with a simple work of philosophy ["In the evening of thought"] that no one will read and which will not be published until long after my death. It’s almost as harmless as your chickens and rabbits, which I have respected for a long time. We can hurt more than us, can’t we? By thanking you for not forgetting me, and by promising you good-hearted reciprocity (…) ” "In the evening of thought" is a philosophical work of reflections on man, religions, culture, progress, which fully occupies its old days. It was published in 1927, two years before his death.
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