That man will surely know there is a God
Vincent van Gogh to Theo van Gogh, from Cuesmes, July 1880
One man will love Rembrandt, genuinely, and, he will really believe it. Another will make a thorough study of the French Revolution - he will not be an unbeliever, he will see that there is a supreme authority that manifests itself in great affairs. Yet another has recently attended a free course of lectures at the great university of sorrow and has heeded the things he saw with his eyes and heard with his ears, and has reflected upon them. He too will come to believe in the end and will perhaps have learned more than he can tell.
Letter 133
Translation courtesy of Robert Harrison.
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One man will love Rembrandt, genuinely, and, he will really believe it. Another will make a thorough study of the French Revolution - he will not be an unbeliever, he will see that there is a supreme authority that manifests itself in great affairs. Yet another has recently attended a free course of lectures at the great university of sorrow and has heeded the things he saw with his eyes and heard with his ears, and has reflected upon them. He too will come to believe in the end and will perhaps have learned more than he can tell.
Letter 133
Translation courtesy of Robert Harrison.
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