With friendly greetings and thanks,
Yours most sincerely,
F. Liszt
Rome, October 19th, 1868
P.S.—Let me hear from you at once, as soon as you receive the parcel.
76. To Richard Pohl at Baden-Baden.
Rome, November 7th, 1868
.—. My very kind biographer La Mara writes me a few charming lines telling me that she is shortly sending me her volume "Studienkopfe" ["Studies of heads">[. "Das junge Volk hat Muth," ["Young folk have pluck">[ as you say, and I quite approve of their not letting themselves be intimidated. Courage is the vital nerve of our best qualities; they fade away when it is wanting, and unless one is courageous one is not even sufficiently prudent. To examine, reflect calculate and weigh are assuredly necessary operations But after that one must determine and act without troubling too much about which way the wind blows and what clouds are passing. .—.
77. To Johann von Verbeck
Much esteemed Friend,