Auction 69 Part 1 Rare and Important Items
Dec 3, 2019 (your local time)
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LOT 121:

A Letter Handwritten and Signed by Theodor Herzl – Vienna, 1899 – Sent to a High School Student – "To make young ...

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A Letter Handwritten and Signed by Theodor Herzl – Vienna, 1899 – Sent to a High School Student – "To make young friends… is the best reward for a man who in his writing does not think about himself, nor about fame or profit, but rather is only interested in serving ideas which he sees as just and right"
A letter handwritten and signed by Theodor Herzl. Written on official stationery of the the Viennese newspaper Neue Freie Presse, where Herzl worked. [Vienna], April 15, 1899. German.
Herzl wrote this letter in response to an enthusiastic letter he had received from a boy or a girl in which he was asked to write an article for a school newspaper (the name of the school and the addressee are not mentioned in the letter). Herzl writes that he is too busy to write the article and addresses the importance of his relationship with the younger generation: "To make young friends… is the best reward for a man who in his writing does not think about himself, nor about fame or profit, but rather is only interested in serving ideas which he sees as just and right. Young friends are the guarantee that such ambition will not be to no avail...".
At the end of the letter, Herzl adds several words about the period of his studies: "What can I tell you about my time at the gymnasium? It was like yours. At first you are happy that it has ended, and later you deeply miss it, like youth itself".
[1] leaf, 22.5 cm. Good condition. Stains on the margins. Fold lines. Some tears along the fold lines.

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