François MAURIAC (1885-1970). L.A.S. "Fr.... - Lot 172 - Ader

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François MAURIAC (1885-1970). L.A.S. "Fr.... - Lot 172 - Ader
François MAURIAC (1885-1970). L.A.S. "Fr. M.," Paris March 29 [1935], [to Jacques Laval]; 1 page ¾ in-8 addressed to him. He assures his young friend, then a seminarian, that "I have never withdrawn my friendship from you. I only warned you that it was established on a different level - because you wanted it to be. He felt no remorse, "But I know this habit of the 'spirituals' of turning everything into a 'cross' that others impose on them"; he could not have the same attitude with a friend of his son as with a stranger, it was not his fault: "It is understandable, it is felt. It is a matter of reasoning and also of epidermis"... He pities him with all his heart for the ordeal that the young man will soon go through, "and if I could do anything"... He will wait for him on Wednesday, after his correspondent has seen his son Claude...
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