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		<title>Tony: Inserted &quot;I&quot; for clarity of sentence meaning</title>
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		<summary type="html">&lt;p&gt;Inserted &amp;quot;I&amp;quot; for clarity of sentence meaning&lt;/p&gt;
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				&lt;td colspan=&quot;2&quot; style=&quot;background-color: #fff; color: #202122; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;← Older revision&lt;/td&gt;
				&lt;td colspan=&quot;2&quot; style=&quot;background-color: #fff; color: #202122; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;Revision as of 13:50, 15 February 2025&lt;/td&gt;
				&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td colspan=&quot;2&quot; class=&quot;diff-lineno&quot; id=&quot;mw-diff-left-l46&quot;&gt;Line 46:&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td colspan=&quot;2&quot; class=&quot;diff-lineno&quot;&gt;Line 46:&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;I am guilty before you; I still have not yet arranged for the libretto of &amp;quot;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;[[Cherevichki]]&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;quot; to be sent to you. For God&amp;#039;s sake, forgive me. I have just written to [[Jurgenson]] to have it sent off.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;I am guilty before you; I still have not yet arranged for the libretto of &amp;quot;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;[[Cherevichki]]&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;quot; to be sent to you. For God&amp;#039;s sake, forgive me. I have just written to [[Jurgenson]] to have it sent off.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;−&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;I do not altogether like the fact that you have been taken in by Mr Mordovtsev. He is a terrible charlatan, an unceremonious borrower, who in his unique fashion intersperses other people&amp;#039;s observations or historical research with his own exclamations, so to speak: flourishes, digressions, all sorts of rhetorical figurations — and passing it all off as his own. If you want to have a genuine understanding of Italy, please read either of the books by &amp;#039;&amp;#039;Kovalevsky&amp;#039;&amp;#039;, or, even better, &amp;#039;&amp;#039;Taine&amp;#039;&amp;#039;. When I am in [[Moscow]] I shall purchase and send you this excellent book. If you read English, then you can also read Dickens&amp;#039; &amp;quot;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;Pictures of Italy&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;quot;.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;+&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;I do not altogether like the fact that you have been taken in by Mr Mordovtsev. He is a terrible charlatan, an unceremonious borrower, who in his unique fashion intersperses other people&amp;#039;s observations or historical research with his own exclamations, so to speak: flourishes, digressions, all sorts of rhetorical figurations — and passing it all off as his own. If you want to have a genuine understanding of Italy, please read either of the books by &amp;#039;&amp;#039;Kovalevsky&amp;#039;&amp;#039;, or, even better, &amp;#039;&amp;#039;Taine&amp;#039;&amp;#039;. When I am in [[Moscow]]&lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;, &lt;/ins&gt;I shall purchase and send you this excellent book. If you read English, then you can also read Dickens&amp;#039; &amp;quot;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;Pictures of Italy&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;quot;.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;[[Laroche]] did not write a special article about &amp;quot;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;[[Manfred]]&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;quot;, but merely touched upon it in a large article about last year&amp;#039;s musical season, published in the October book of &amp;quot;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;Russian Messenger&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;quot;. His review is rather dry and cold. He does not like it when I write so-called &amp;#039;&amp;#039;programme&amp;#039;&amp;#039; music.  &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;[[Laroche]] did not write a special article about &amp;quot;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;[[Manfred]]&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;quot;, but merely touched upon it in a large article about last year&amp;#039;s musical season, published in the October book of &amp;quot;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;Russian Messenger&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;quot;. His review is rather dry and cold. He does not like it when I write so-called &amp;#039;&amp;#039;programme&amp;#039;&amp;#039; music.  &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td colspan=&quot;2&quot; class=&quot;diff-lineno&quot; id=&quot;mw-diff-left-l52&quot;&gt;Line 52:&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td colspan=&quot;2&quot; class=&quot;diff-lineno&quot;&gt;Line 52:&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;When the portraits of the characters from &amp;quot;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;[[Cherevichki]]&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;quot; come out, I shall certainly send them to you.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;When the portraits of the characters from &amp;quot;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;[[Cherevichki]]&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;quot; come out, I shall certainly send them to you.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;−&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;Why do you think that you are &amp;#039;&amp;#039;forever&amp;#039;&amp;#039; condemned to live &amp;#039;&amp;#039;how it is and where it is&amp;#039;&amp;#039; now. You can never be sure of the durability of the state of affairs existing at any given moment. Everything can change, and feel in my heart that you and I shall see each other and talk many times in [[Moscow]]. I should very much like you to have the opportunity to live for the time being somewhere in the vicinity of &amp;#039;&amp;#039;[[Sevastopol]]&amp;#039;&amp;#039; on the south bank. Do you not think this is possible in the near future? This would have a beneficial effect on you!&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;+&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;Why do you think that you are &amp;#039;&amp;#039;forever&amp;#039;&amp;#039; condemned to live &amp;#039;&amp;#039;how it is and where it is&amp;#039;&amp;#039; now. You can never be sure of the durability of the state of affairs existing at any given moment. Everything can change, and &lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;I &lt;/ins&gt;feel in my heart that you and I shall see each other and talk many times in [[Moscow]]. I should very much like you to have the opportunity to live for the time being somewhere in the vicinity of &amp;#039;&amp;#039;[[Sevastopol]]&amp;#039;&amp;#039; on the south bank. Do you not think this is possible in the near future? This would have a beneficial effect on you!&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;I am not in the least complaining that I still do not have a portrait of you, because I know that you have not yet had the time. But I shall be very glad when I receive your likenesses.  &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;I am not in the least complaining that I still do not have a portrait of you, because I know that you have not yet had the time. But I shall be very glad when I receive your likenesses.  &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
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		<author><name>Tony</name></author>
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	<entry>
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		<title>Brett: Text replacement - &quot;ashamed before you&quot; to &quot;guilty before you&quot;</title>
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		<updated>2024-08-03T13:13:57Z</updated>

		<summary type="html">&lt;p&gt;Text replacement - &amp;quot;ashamed before you&amp;quot; to &amp;quot;guilty before you&amp;quot;&lt;/p&gt;
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				&lt;td colspan=&quot;2&quot; style=&quot;background-color: #fff; color: #202122; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;← Older revision&lt;/td&gt;
				&lt;td colspan=&quot;2&quot; style=&quot;background-color: #fff; color: #202122; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;Revision as of 15:13, 3 August 2024&lt;/td&gt;
				&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td colspan=&quot;2&quot; class=&quot;diff-lineno&quot; id=&quot;mw-diff-left-l44&quot;&gt;Line 44:&lt;/td&gt;
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&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;I did not see [[Ippolit Vasilyevich]]. He has gone to [[Petersburg]].&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;I did not see [[Ippolit Vasilyevich]]. He has gone to [[Petersburg]].&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;−&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;I am &lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;ashamed &lt;/del&gt;before you; I still have not yet arranged for the libretto of &amp;quot;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;[[Cherevichki]]&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;quot; to be sent to you. For God&amp;#039;s sake, forgive me. I have just written to [[Jurgenson]] to have it sent off.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;+&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;I am &lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;guilty &lt;/ins&gt;before you; I still have not yet arranged for the libretto of &amp;quot;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;[[Cherevichki]]&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;quot; to be sent to you. For God&amp;#039;s sake, forgive me. I have just written to [[Jurgenson]] to have it sent off.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;I do not altogether like the fact that you have been taken in by Mr Mordovtsev. He is a terrible charlatan, an unceremonious borrower, who in his unique fashion intersperses other people&amp;#039;s observations or historical research with his own exclamations, so to speak: flourishes, digressions, all sorts of rhetorical figurations — and passing it all off as his own. If you want to have a genuine understanding of Italy, please read either of the books by &amp;#039;&amp;#039;Kovalevsky&amp;#039;&amp;#039;, or, even better, &amp;#039;&amp;#039;Taine&amp;#039;&amp;#039;. When I am in [[Moscow]] I shall purchase and send you this excellent book. If you read English, then you can also read Dickens&amp;#039; &amp;quot;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;Pictures of Italy&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;quot;.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;I do not altogether like the fact that you have been taken in by Mr Mordovtsev. He is a terrible charlatan, an unceremonious borrower, who in his unique fashion intersperses other people&amp;#039;s observations or historical research with his own exclamations, so to speak: flourishes, digressions, all sorts of rhetorical figurations — and passing it all off as his own. If you want to have a genuine understanding of Italy, please read either of the books by &amp;#039;&amp;#039;Kovalevsky&amp;#039;&amp;#039;, or, even better, &amp;#039;&amp;#039;Taine&amp;#039;&amp;#039;. When I am in [[Moscow]] I shall purchase and send you this excellent book. If you read English, then you can also read Dickens&amp;#039; &amp;quot;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;Pictures of Italy&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;quot;.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
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		<author><name>Brett</name></author>
	</entry>
	<entry>
		<id>https://en.tchaikovsky-research.net/index.php?title=Letter_3174&amp;diff=66351&amp;oldid=prev</id>
		<title>Brett at 19:07, 13 April 2024</title>
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		<updated>2024-04-13T19:07:36Z</updated>

		<summary type="html">&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;a href=&quot;https://en.tchaikovsky-research.net/index.php?title=Letter_3174&amp;amp;diff=66351&amp;amp;oldid=55208&quot;&gt;Show changes&lt;/a&gt;</summary>
		<author><name>Brett</name></author>
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		<title>Brett: Text replacement - &quot;все-таки&quot; to &quot;всё-таки&quot;</title>
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|Date=7/19 February 1887&lt;br /&gt;
|To=[[Yuliya Shpazhinskaya]]&lt;br /&gt;
|Place=[[Maydanovo]]&lt;br /&gt;
|Language=Russian&lt;br /&gt;
|Autograph=[[Klin]] (Russia): {{RUS-KLč}} (a{{sup|3}}, No. 2079)&lt;br /&gt;
|Publication={{bibx|1951/53|П. И. Чайковский. С. И. Танеев. Письма}} (1951), p. 312–313&amp;lt;br/&amp;gt;{{bib|1974/53|П. И. Чайковский. Полное собрание сочинений ; том XIV}} (1974), p. 40–41&lt;br /&gt;
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|Original text={{right|&amp;#039;&amp;#039;Майданово&amp;#039;&amp;#039; 7 февр[аля] 1887}}&lt;br /&gt;
{{centre|Дорогая Юлия Петровна!}}&lt;br /&gt;
Вы продолжаете баловать меня своими письмами, а я продолжаю быть хроническим должником Вашим в этом отношении. Тут, конечно, как водится, следовало бы подробно объяснить, как и почему долго не писал, —  но, дабы не тратить времени на эти объяснения, скажу только, что, ей-Богу, нельзя было, что физической возможности нет писать письма при той безумно спешной и утомительной работе, которая теперь поглощает меня. Вы, впрочем, знаете, что к концу 1-ой недели я &amp;#039;&amp;#039;должен&amp;#039;&amp;#039; представить в петербургскую дирекцию вполне готовые печатные экземпляры «&amp;#039;&amp;#039;Чародейки&amp;#039;&amp;#039;», а у меня 4-е действие ещё не сделано, а то, что сделано и награвировано, требует корректуры, а затем ещё есть кое-какие другие тоже спеш-ные работы и т. д. и т. д. Да вот ещё теперь по делам в Москву ездил и потерял три дня... И вся-то моя жизнь вечнопроходит в том, что я спешу и напрягаюсь в работе. Отчего это так? Отчего другие работают только когда Бог на душу положит? Впрочем, не думайте, что я жалуюсь на свою горемычную судьбу. Отлично знаю, что мне-то уж не приходится жа-ловаться. Но факт тот, что я утомлён до крайности всем пережитым за последнее время и решительно не предвижу, когдаможно будет вздохнуть свободно. На 3-ей неделе я обещал (даи хочется мне) дирижировать на большом концерте, которыйдается Филармоническим петербургским обществом и будетсостоять исключительно их моих сочинений. Нужно приготовиться к этому, а потом и за инструментовку «&amp;#039;&amp;#039;Чародейки&amp;#039;&amp;#039;»... Однако не хотел объяснять, а целых две страницы употребил именно на разъяснение.&lt;br /&gt;
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Представьте, Юлия Петровна, что вот уже скоро две недели, как в Москве не шли «&amp;#039;&amp;#039;Черевички&amp;#039;&amp;#039;», сделавшие три полных сбора по увеличенным ценам. Такова теперешняя дирекция, таково мудрое управление г. Майкова. Поставили новую оперу, истратили на неё деньги, публика оперой очень интересуется, и в самом разгаре сезона &amp;#039;&amp;#039;две недели&amp;#039;&amp;#039; её не дают, но зато дают «&amp;#039;&amp;#039;Аиду&amp;#039;&amp;#039;», «&amp;#039;&amp;#039;Гугеноты&amp;#039;&amp;#039;» и т. п. старье, не делающее сборов!!! Изумительно! Вчера я был в Москве, между прочим по случаю одной свадьбы, на которой необходимо было присутствовать, но успел всё-таки забежать в театр, где шла новая опера бар[она] &amp;#039;&amp;#039;Фитингофа «Тамара»&amp;#039;&amp;#039;. Опера не бездарна, но могла бы иметь хороший успех, если б г. Май-ков не распорядился отдать главную роль протежируемой им певице &amp;#039;&amp;#039;Ухтомской&amp;#039;&amp;#039;, которая невыносима.&lt;br /&gt;
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Ипполита Вас[ильевича] не видел. Он уехал в Петербург. &lt;br /&gt;
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Я перед Вами очень виноват: до сих пор ещё не распорядился чтобы Вам послали либретто «&amp;#039;&amp;#039;Черевичек&amp;#039;&amp;#039;». Ради Бога, простите. Сейчас написал Юргенсону, что ы выслали.&lt;br /&gt;
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Мне не совсем нравится, что Вы увлекаетесь г. Мордовцевым. Это страшный шарлатан, бесцеремонный компилятор. своеобразно уснащающий чужие наблюдения или чужие исто-рические розыскания своими восклицаниями, т[ак] сказать, фиоритурами, отступлениями, всякими риторическими фигурами, — и выдающий все это за свое. Если Вы хотите иметь настоящее понятие об Италии, прочтите или книгу &amp;#039;&amp;#039;Ковалевского&amp;#039;&amp;#039; или, ещё лучше, &amp;#039;&amp;#039;Тэна&amp;#039;&amp;#039;. Как буду в Москве, куплю и пришлю Вам эту превосходную книгу. Если читаете по-английски, то можно также прочесть Диккенса &amp;quot;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;Pictures of Italy&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;quot;.&lt;br /&gt;
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Ларош особой статьи о «&amp;#039;&amp;#039;Манфреде&amp;#039;&amp;#039;» не писал, а лишь коснулся его в большой статье о прошлогоднем музыкальном сезоне, напечатанной в октябрьской книжке «&amp;#039;&amp;#039;Русского вестника&amp;#039;&amp;#039;». Его отзыв довольно сухой и холодный. Он не любит, когда я пишу так называемую &amp;#039;&amp;#039;программную&amp;#039;&amp;#039; музыку.&lt;br /&gt;
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Когда выйдут портреты действующих лиц из «&amp;#039;&amp;#039;Черевичек», я Вам их непременно пришлю.&lt;br /&gt;
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Отчего Вы думаете, что &amp;#039;&amp;#039;навсегда&amp;#039;&amp;#039; обречены жить &amp;#039;&amp;#039;так и там, как и где&amp;#039;&amp;#039; теперь? Вот уж никогда нельзя быть уверенным в прочности положения вещей, в данный момент уста-новившегося. Все может перемениться, и сердце моё чует, чтомы ещё с Вами много раз будем видеться и беседовать в Москве. Я очень бы желал, чтобы Вы имели возможность пожить покамест где-нибудь по близости от &amp;#039;&amp;#039;Севастополя&amp;#039;&amp;#039; на Южном берегу. Думаете ли Вы, что это возможно в близком будущем? Это имело бы на Вас благодетельное влияние!&lt;br /&gt;
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Я нисколько не претендую на [то], что до сих пор ещё не имею портрета Вас всех, ибо знаю, что Вам не до того покамест было. Но рад буду очень, когда получу Ваши изображения. &lt;br /&gt;
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А пока будьте здоровы, добрейшая Юлия Петровна!&lt;br /&gt;
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Искренне преданный и любящий Вас,&lt;br /&gt;
{{right|П. Чайковский}}&lt;br /&gt;
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