"None but the brave deserve the fair"--but there is
also a line in one of Byron's poems which goes, I believe, "Here
sleep the brave."
LOVE LETTERS
A young man corresponding with his fiancee is never, of course,
as formal as in his letters to other people. This does not mean,
however, that his correspondence should be full of silly
meaningless "nothings." On the contrary, he should aim to
instruct and benefit his future spouse as well as convey to her
his tokens of affection. The following letter well illustrates
the manner in which a young man may write his fiancee a letter
which, while it is replete with proper expressions of amatory
good will, yet manages to embody a fund of sensible and useful
information:
A Correct Letter from a Young Man Traveling in Europe to His
Fiancee
MY DEAREST EDITH:
How I long to see you--to hold tight your hand--to look into your
eyes. But alas! you are in Toledo and I am in Paris, which, as
you know, is situated on the Seine River near the middle of the
so-called Paris basin at a height above sea-level varying from 85
feet to 419 feet and extending 7 1/2 miles from W. to E. and 5
1/2 miles from N. to S. But, dearest, I carry your image with me
in my heart wherever I go in this vast city with its population
(1921) of 2,856,986 and its average mean rainfall Of 2.6 inches,
and I wish--oh, how I wish--that you might be here with me.
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