Victor HUGO. L.A.S., Hauteville house June 12 [1860], to Auguste Nefftzer; 2pages in-8 on fine paper, address (small lack on last line). Beautiful letter from exile about God. ... "Your letters in exile are for me what your appearance in prison was: - joy - there is in you everything I love: the high thought, the firm spirit, the brave heart. We used to talk about God; I'm sure we'd agree today. We must defend all religions in order to rebuild God. I mean rebuilding God in man. God is Truth, he is Justice, he is Goodness, he is Right and he is Love; it is for him that I suffer, and it is for him that you fight. I thank him every hour of my life, especially now that he is doing me the immense honor of testing me: adversity, what an election! We love you, and we speak of you often; my sons miss you, and I want you too. When you write to me, it seems to me that you are shaking my hand"...