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RE: Charles Dickens through the eyes of Stefan Zweig
Great morning lecture. Stefan Zweig was a gifted writer and very social human. For me it was sad to learn of his tragic end in Brasil. After having finally found recognation as an author and a welcoming place to settle among happy and friendly people his own dark side let kill himself.
Hello, yes, but must of the great artist have that tragic faith... the feeling of tragedy is so deep sometimes. After your words, let me write the quote from his last letter.
“Every day I learned to love this country more, and I would not have asked to rebuild my life in any other place after the world of my own language sank and was lost to me and my spiritual homeland, Europe, destroyed itself. But to start everything anew after a man’s 60th year requires special powers, and my own power has been expended after years of wandering homeless. I thus prefer to end my life at the right time, upright, as a man for whom cultural work has always been his purest happiness and personal freedom – the most precious of possessions on this earth. I send greetings to all of my friends: May they live to see the dawn after this long night. I, who am most impatient, go before them."
Thanks @godflesh. I even thought about his last words but couldn't exactly remember. In Germany we have a song that goes like : With 66 life starts, then you have fun....and then there is no end... However every person on earth has his own time frame. What Stefan Zweig achieved in his time is worth more than one life.
By the way what interesting name you have chosen. Godflesh! We are all children of God.