Chapter 19 Letters Collection-4

Beethoven to Wegler Vienna, December 7, 1826 dear old friend! I cannot describe how much pleasure you and your letter from Lochen have given me.Of course I should have answered right away; but I am naturally lazy, especially in writing letters, because I think my best friend can get to know me without my writing.I often answer you in my head; but when I want to write, often I throw the pen away because I can't write what I feel.I remember the love you have always shown me, such as the unexpected joy you taught me to paint my room, and I don't forget the Breunings.It is common for us to be separated from each other: each has his own future to rush forward; only the principle of doing good that can never be shaken binds us together forever and firmly.Unfortunately I cannot write to you today as I wish, as I lie in bed... Your image of Lochen is always on my mind, and I say this to let you know that all that was good and beloved in my youth was in I will always be precious.

... My maxim has always been: I don't write every day; if I let the god of art sleep sometimes, it is only to make him more excited when he wakes up.I also hope to leave a few more great works in the world; and then, like an old child, I shall end my mortal journey among some good people.Beethoven never imagined that what he wrote at that time, the final part of the adaptation of the Quartet No. 130, was already his last work.He was at his brother's house then, in a small town on the Danube. ...Among the honors I have received,—because I know you will be happy to hear this, I tell you—there is a medal given to me by the late French King, with the inscription: "To Mr. Beethoven from the King"; in addition, there is a letter A very polite letter, signed: "Chief of the Royal Chamberlain, Grand Duke Chatelet".

Dear friends, let us be satisfied with these few deeds today.Memories of the past fill my heart, and when I send this letter, I can't help but exchange tears.This is but an introduction; you'll have another letter soon; and the more you write, the happier I will be.There is no doubt about it, when our fellowship has reached this field.do not.Please hug your dear Lochen and the children tenderly for me.Miss me. May God be with you! Always honor your faithful, true friend. Beethoven to Wegler Vienna, February 17, 1827 My honest old friend! It is my pleasure to receive your second letter from Breuning.I am too weak to reply; but you can imagine that all that you have said to me I welcome and desire.As for my recovery, if I may say so, it was slow; although the doctors did not say so, I guessed that a fourth operation would be required.I was patient and thought: All disasters bring some kind of good... How much more do I want to say to you today!But I am too weak: nothing can do but embrace you and your Lochen in my heart.Your faithful old friend expresses genuine friendship and affection to you and your family.

Beethoven to Moschelles Vienna, March 14, 1827 My dear Moselles: ... On February 17th, I underwent the fourth operation; now I have found the exact symptoms again, and I need to wait for the fifth operation soon.If things go on like this, how will this all end?What will happen to me? — My lot is really hard.But I let fate arrange it, and I only ask God to let me no longer suffer from the embarrassment of life while I am suffering from death while I am alive.This will give me the courage to submit to the will of the Most High God to bear my fate, no matter how hard and terrible it is. ……Your friend

LV. ．beethoven