Alphonse de LAMARTINE. Letter from the author, Château de Mo - Lot 368

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Alphonse de LAMARTINE. Letter from the author, Château de Mo - Lot 368
Alphonse de LAMARTINE. Letter from the author, Château de Montculot near Dijon, September 15, [1829, to the Marquise de Montcalm]; 4 pages, in-8. On his hopes as a diplomat, member of parliament, and academician. Princess Aldobrandini wrote to him from Lucca, where she is staying with Mr. de La Ferronnays, whom he esteems and loves “as a politician and as a man”; he replied that he hoped to secure a post in London or Rome; in the meantime, he is keeping a low profile… “You scold me constantly, and yet I still love you. I don’t know why, for you judge me contrary to reality. You take me for a man of show, pretension, and ambition, and I am far from that. It takes too many illusions and too much effort for those three salon pastimes. I love action, that’s all; but I love it only at times and when it’s worth it: so if you let a revolution happen, you’ll see me rise to the occasion. But if we manage to avoid it, I’ll have a hard time making do as first secretary at the embassy, a mediocre member of parliament, and a second-rate academician—all things I personally hold in no regard.” He is, however, concerned about his chances at the Academy: “I don’t want to take chances; I want a sure thing or nothing”… Exhibition: Lamartine, the Poet and the Statesman (National Library, 1969, no. 199).
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